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REV.   LOUIS    FITZGERALD    BENSON,  D.  D. 


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PRINCETON  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY 


L  JUL  241936  ^ 

PSALMS  ANifamm^, 

WITH  THE 

CATECHISM, 

CONFESSION  OF  FAITH,  AND  LITURGY 

OF   THE 

REFORMED  DUTCH  CHURCH  IN  NORTH  AMERICA, 

$;lecled  at  the  reavcst  ojitht  General  Syno&. 

BY  JOHN  H.  LIVINGSTON,  D.  D,  S.  T.  P. 


"  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you  richly  in  all  wisdom,  teaching  and  admonishing 
cne  another  in  Psalms  and  Hymns  aod  Spiritual  Songs,  singing  with  grace  in  your  hearts 
unto  the  Lord."  -  *■  -  Cnloss.  iii.,16. 


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NEW-YORK  : 

PUBLISHED  BY  DANIEL  D.  SMITH, 

Jit  the  Franklin  Juvenile  Book  and  Stationary  Store, 

190,   GREENWICH-STREET. 

1819.  * 


Disiritt  ef  yen-  York,  ss 
^^  BE  IT  REMEMBERED,  that  on  the  eleventh  day  of  December,  in  the 
(pr*)  thirty-eighth  year  of  the  Independence  of  the  United  States  of  America,  Ptter 
ui"S)  Wilson,  on  behalf  of  the  Minister,  Elders,  and  Deacons  of  the  Reiorrr.eu  Prot- 
estant Dutch  Church  in  the  city  of  New- York,  of  the  said  district,  hath  deposited 
in  this  office  the  title  of  a  book,  the  right  whereof  they  claim  as  proprietors,  m  the  words 
and  figures  following,  to  wit : 

The  Psalms  and  Hymns,  with  the  Catechism,  Confession  of  Faith,  and  J-.it urgy  of  the 
Reformed  Dutch  Church  in  North  America.  Selected  at  the  request  of  the  General  Sy- 
nod.   By  John  H.  Livingston,  D.  D.  S.  T.  P. 

"  Let  the  word  of  Chri«t  dwell  in  you  richly  in  all  wisdom,  teaching  and  admonishing 
one  another  in  Psalms  and  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  singing  with  grace  in  your  hearts 
unto  the  Lord."~ Coloss.  iii.  16. 

In  conformity  to  the  act  of  the  congress  of  the  United  States,  entitled,  "An  Act  for  the 
encouragement  of  learning,  by  securing  the  copies  of  maps,  charts,  and  books,  to  the  au- 
thors and  proprietors  of  such  copies  during  the  times  therein  mentioned,"  and  also  to  an 
act,  entitled,  "  An  Act,  supplementary  to  an  act,  entitled,  an  act  for  the  encouragement 
of  learning,  by  securing  the  copies  of  maps,  charts,  and  books,  to  the  authors  and  proprie- 
tors of  such  copies,  during  the  times  therein  mentioned,  and  extending  the  benefits  thereof 
to  the  arts  of  designing,  engraving,  and  etching  historical  and  other  prints." 

THERON  RUDD,  Clerk  of  the  New- York  District. 


/.  Van  Riper  fy  Co.  Print, 


ACTS  AND  PROCEEDINGS 

Of  the  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  (Church  in 
North  America,  held  at  Albany ',  June,  1812. 


A    REVISION  of  the  Psalms  and  Hymns  now  in  use  in 
the  Dutch  Church,  having  been  requested  and  refer- 
red  to  the  General    Synod,  by    the   Particular  Synod  of 
New- York  ;   and  it   being  desirable  that  our  selection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns  should  be  improved  and  enlarged  : 

Resolved,  That  the  Synod  request  the  Rev.  Doctor  Li- 
vingston to  make  a  selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  a- 
greeably  to  the  views  expressed  upon  this  subject ;  and 
they  appoint  the  Rev.  James  V.  C.  Romeyn,  James  Si 
Cannon,  Peter  Steddiford  and  John  Schureman,  a  com- 
mittee to  whom  Dr.  Livingston  will  submit  the  selection ; 
but  for  the  greater  security  in  a  work  of  such  importance, 
it  is  resolved,  that  after  it  be  adopted  by  the  committee,  it 
shall  be  reported  to  the  General  Synod  and  obtain  their 
ultimate  approbation  before  it  be  published. 


Acts  and  proceedings  of  the  General  Synod  of  the  Reformed 
Dutch  Church,  held  at  an  extraordinary  session,  at  JVew?- 
Yorky  October,   1813. 


The  committee  to  whom  Professor  Livingston  was  re- 
quested to  submit  his  selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  re- 
ported :  That  he  had  accomplished  the  work  assigned 
him  ;  that  they  have  examined  the  same,  and  judge  it  to 
be  a  judicious  and  excellent  selection  :  and  they  accor- 
dingly recommend  it  to  the  General  Synod,  for  their 
ultimate  approbation,  and  suggest  the  propriety  of  having 


4  ACTS  AND  PROCEEDINGS. 

it  immediately  published  and  introduced  into  all  our 
Churches. 

The  general  Synod  having  received  the  report  of  the 
committee  appointed  upon  the  subject  of  the  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  and  having  inspected  the  selection  made  by  the 
Rev.  Professor  Livingston,  agreeably  to  the  request  of  the 
General  Synod  in  their  last  session,  do  express  their  high 
satisfaction  and  decided  approbation  of  the  same.  It  is 
therefore  resolved,  That  this  selection  be  forthwith  pub- 
lished and  introduced  into  public  worship  in  all  our 
Churches.  And  the  General  Synod  recommend  the  same  to 
all  families  and  individuals  within  their  communion,  to  be 
adopted  instead  of  the  book  which  has  hitherto  been  in 
iise.  It  is  further  resolved,  that  the  Catechism,  Articles  of 
Fiiith^  and  what  has  formerly  been  published  with  the 
book  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  be  also  added  to  the  new  edi- 
tion ;— and  that  the  copyright  of  the  book  be  secured  for 
the  express  and  sole  benefit  of  such  students  as  may  at- 
tend our  theological  lectures,  and  may  need  pecuniary  as- 
sistance. 

Resolved,  That  the  Rev.  Dr.  Livingston  be  requested 
to  superintend  the  publication  of  the  first  Edition  of  the 
mvr  Psalm  Book,  and  when  published  that  he  affix  hrs 
aamo  thereto. 


A  TABLE 

TO    FIND    ANY    PSALM,    OR   PART    OF    A    PSALM. 

BY  THE  FIRST  LINE. 


Almighty  Ruler  of &c.  22 

Almighty  God,  appear  &c  25 
Are  sinners  now  so  &c.  ^8 

Arise,  my  gracious  God  3.1 

Amid  thy  wrath  &c.  6o 

As  pants  the  hart  for  &c.  74 
A  word  in  season,  spoke  &c.  91 
AreallthefoesofZion&c.  92 
Among:  th'  assemblies  of  &c.  129 
And  will  the  God  of  grace  130 
Among  the  princes,  &c.  134 
Again,  my  tongue,  thy  &c.  1*75 
Awake  my  soul,  with  4  c.  H6 
Arise,  O  king  ofgrace,  arise  213 
Awake,  ye  saints  to  &c.  217 
All  ye  that  love  the  &c.        239 

B 
Behold  the  lofty  sky  33 

Behold  the  morning  sun  39 

Blest  is  the  man,  forever  blest  57 
Blest  is  the  nation  where  &c.  59 


Behold  the  love,  the  &c. 
Behold  the  blest  &c. 
Blest  is  the  man  whose- &c. 
Behold,  O  God,  what  &c. 
Blest  are  the  souls  that  &c. 
Before  Jehovah's  awful  &c. 
Behold,  the  stately  &c. 
Behold  the  sure  &c. 
Blest  are  the  undenTd  4*c. 
Behold  thy  waiting  &c. 
Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace 
By  Babel's  stream  the  &c. 

C 
Children  in  years  and  &c. 
Come,  sound  his  praise  &x. 
Come,  let  our  souls  &c. 
Consider  all  my  &c. 

D 
David  rejoic'd  in  God,    &c. 


Fools  in  their  hearts  &c.  27 

Far  as  thy  name  is  known  82 
From  foes  that  round  us  rise  tf7 
Father,   I  sing  thy  &c.  1 1 1 

For  ever  shall  my  song  &c.  139 
From  age  to  age  exalt  &c.  172 
From  all  that  dwell  &c.  185 
Father  I  bless  thy  &c.  200 

Firm  and  unmoved  are  they  207 
For  ever  blessed  be  the  &c.  230 

G 
Give  to  the  Lord,  ye  sons  &c.  53 
God  of  my  life,  look  &c  70 

God  is  our  refuge  in  &c.  80 

Great  is  the  Lord  our  God  82 
God  counts  the  sorrows  &c.  95 
Great  God,  indulge  my  &c  101 
Great  God  attend  to  my  &c.  10 2 
God  of  my  childhood,  &c.  114 
Great  God,  whose  &c.  115- 

God  my  supporter,  and  &c.  1 18 
,63JGreat  shepherd  of  thine  &c.  127 


72  Great  God  attend,  &c 
73,God  in  his  earthly  &c. 

126  God  from  his  cloudy  &c. 

UOiGive  thanks  to  God,  &c. 

157|God  of  eternal  love  &c. 

166 

186 

188 

194 

215 

220 

61 
151 
152 

197 

43 


131 

136 
165 
168 
171 
ib„ 
177 
180 
216 
217 
219 


Give  thanks  to  God  ;  invoke 
God  of  my  mercy  and  &c. 
Great  is  the  Lord,  his  &c. 
Great  is  the  Lord,  exalted 
Give  thanks  to  God  most 
Give  to  our  God  &c. 

H 
How  long,  O  Lordv&G.  26 

How  fast  their  guilt,  and  &c.  30 
How  many  Ebenezers  stand  57 
How  pleasing  is  thy  voice  104 
How  long  eternal  God,  how 
How  awful  is  thy  &c 


Deep  in  our  hearts  let  us  &c.  109:How  pleasant,  how  &c. 

E  fHear  what  the  Lord  in  Szc. 

Early,  my  God,  without  &c.  101 j He  that  hath  made  his&c. 
Exalt  the  Lord  our  God         156iHe  reigns ;  the  Lord,  &c. 


123 
131 

141 
145 
153 


5  TABLE  OF  FIRST  LINES. 

Page.  Page. 

Hear  me,  O  God,  nor  &c.     159  Lord,  thou  hast  called  &c.     133 


Happy  is  he  that  fears  &c.  1 8 1 

How  shall  the  young  &c.  190 

How  did  my  heart  &c.  20 

Had  not  the  Lord  may  &,c.  20G 

Happy  the  city,  where  &c.  230 

In  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  &c.  19 
I  love  the  volumes  of  &c.  40 
In  thee,  great  God,  with  &c.  42 
I  lift  my  soul  to  God  48 

1  will  extol  thee,  Lord  &c.  54 
Into  thy  hand,  O  God  of  &c.  55 
I  waited  patient  for  the  &c.  71 
tnJudah,  Godofold&c.  121 
It  is  the  Lord  our  &c.  162 

1  love  the  Lord,  he  &c.  184 

If  God  succeed  not  all  &c.  209 
Is  there  ambition  in  my  &c.  212 
I  love  thy  kingdom,  Lord  222 
I'll  nraise  my  Maker  &c.  23J 
In  Zion's  sacred  gates  240 

Just  are  thy  ways  and&e.  34 
Jesus,  my  Lord,  doth  &c.  46 
Jesus  my  shepherd  lives  ib. 

Judge  me,  O  Lord,  &c.  50 

Judges,  who  rule  the  &c.  96 
Jesus  shall  reign  &c.  116 

Jesus,  my  God,  my  all  &c.  135 
Jehovah  reigns  :  He  &c.  143 
Joy  to  the  world  ;  &c.  155 

Jesus,  our  Lord,  &c.  178 

Jesus  the  Priest  ascends  §-c.  1 79 
Keep  me  from  fainting  kc.  200 

Lord,  thou  will  hear  &c.  1 

Lord  in  the  morning  &c.  18 

Lord,  what  was  man,  &c.  21 
Lord,  when  iniquities  abound  26 
Lord,  I  am  thine  ;  but  &c.  32 
Lord,  thou  hast  found  &c.  34 
Lord,  1  will  bless  thee  &c.  60 
Lord,  we  have  heard  &c.  77 
Let  Zion  in  her  king  rejoice  80 
Lord.  I  am  vile  &c.  88 

Let  sinners  take  their  course  94 
Lord  thou  hast  scourg'd  &c.  98 
Let  God  arise  in  all  his  &,c.  107 
Lo;  J  when  thou  didst  &c.  108 
Let  children  hear  the  &c.  124 
Lord,  thou  hast  planted  &c.  128 
Lord,  when  thy  wine  in  &,c.  128 


Lord,  in  a  day  of  power  &c.  138 
Lord,  if  thine  eyes  &c.  144 

Lord  'tis  a  pleasant  &c.  148 
Let  Zion  and  her  sons  &c.  161 
Lord  thou  hast  heard  thy  £c.  1 86 
Lord,  I  esteem  thy  4'c.  192 

Let  all  the  heathen  <$'c.  ib. 

Lord,  I  have  made  thy  &c.  193 
Lo  !  what  an  entertaining  214 
Lord,  in  those  dark  and  221 
Lord,  when  I  count  thy  &c.  225 
Lord,  what  is  man,  poor  230 
Let  every  tongue  thy  &c.  232 
Let  Zion  praise  the  mighty  335 
Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord  239 

M 
IVIy  God,  the  tempter  would  15 
My  trust  is  in  my  heavenly  19 
My  refuge  is  the  God  of  love  24 
My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  44 
Mine  eyes  and  my  desire  49 
My  heart  rejoices  in  thy  56 

My  God  the  steps  of  pious  67 
My  spirit  sinks  within  me,  75 
My  .God,  defend  my  cause  ib. 
My  God,  preserve  my  soul  92 
My  God,  in  whom  are  all  96 
My  soul  of  thy  protection  99 
My  spirit  looks  to  God  alone  100 
My  God  permit  my  tongue  102 
M3r  God  my  everlasting  113 
My  Saviour;  my  Almighty  ib. 
My  never  ceasing  songs  &c.  139 
Mercy  and  judgment  &c.  158 
My  soul  repeat  his  praise  163 
My  soul  thy  great  <!s:c.  164 

My  God,  consider  my  &ic.  196 
My  soul  lies  cleaving  &c.  198 
My  God,  what  inward  kc.  225 
My  God,  what  impious  &,c.  226 
:>ly  God,  accept  my  &c.  227 
My  righteous  judge,  &c.  228 
My  God,  my  King,  &c.         231 

Now  saith  the  spirit  of  &c.  14 

Now  may   the  power  &.c.  41 

Now  let  our  mournful  &c.  45 

Now  plead  my  cause,  &.c.  62 

Now  be  my  heart  &,c.  78 

Now  shall  my  solemn  &c.  106 

Not  to  ourselves  who  &c.  1 83 
O 


'.Lord  of  the  worlds  above      132-0  Lord,  how  many  are  my      \& 


TABLE  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


Page. 

OGod  of  grace  and  16| 

O  Lord  our  heavenly  King  20, 
Our  rulers,  Lord,  with  songs  42j 

O  God  of  grace,  my  cry  52, 

O  Lord,  thy  mercy,  my^  65 

O  for  a  shout  of  sacred  joy  gl 

O  thou  that  hear'st  when  89 

O  God  ;  my  refuge,  hear  93 

O  thou  whose  justice  reigns  95 

O  thou  whose  hand  the  1 12 

Oh  what  a  stiff,  rebellious  124 

Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  143 

O  God,  to  vrhera  revenge  149 

Of  justice  and  of  grace  1  159 

O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul !  162 

O  ho w  I  love  thy  holy  law  1 9 1 

O  that  the  Lord  would  guide  195 

O  that  thy  statutes  every  193 

O  thou  whose  grace  and  20b 

O  happy  man,  whose  soul  209 

Out  of  the  depths  of  long  211 

Preserve  me,  Lord,  in  time  29 
Praise  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  103 
Praise  ye  the  Lord,  exalt  216 
Praise  ye  the  Lord,  my  233 
Praise  ye  the  Lord,  'tis  good  235 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  ;  all         241 

R 
Rejoice,  ye  righteous,  in       '  58 
Remember,  Lord,  our  142 

Return,  O  God  of  love,  144 

Remember  all  my  sorrows,  201 

S 
Save  me,  O  Lord,  from  31 

Soon  as  I  heard  my  Father  51 
Shew  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  88 
Sing,  all  ye  nations,  to  the  105 
Shine  on  our  land,  Jehovah  107 
Sure  there's  a  righteousGod  1 17 
Sing  to  the  Lord  aloud  129 

Sa  nation  is  for  ever  nigh  134 
Streteh'd  on  the  bed  of  137 
Shall  man,  O  God  of  light  ib. 
Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  147 
Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  1 50 
Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  152 
Sing  to  the  Lord  most  high  1 57 
Songs  of  immortal  praise  179 
See  what  a  living  stone  1 88 

Searcher  and  Saviour  of  my  201 
Sweet  is  the  memory  of  thy  231 

T 
The  man  is  ever  blest  13 


Page. 
The  eternal  Son,  with  14 

Thee  will  I  love,  O  Lord,  33 
To  thine  almighty  arm  we  36 
To  bless  the  Lord,  our  God  ib. 
The  heavens  declare  thy  40 
This  spacious  earth  is  all  47 
The  Lord  of  glory  is  my  51 

Through  all  the  changing  60 
The  Lord  forever  guards  the  62 
Thus  I  resolv'd  before  the  69 
Feach  me  the  measure  of  my  70 
The  wonders,  Lord,  thy  73 

The  King  of  saints,  how  fair  79 
The  Lord,  the  Judge,  before  85 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  w<  the  86 
The  Lord,  the  Judge,  his  ib. 
The  God  of  glory  sends  his  87 
There  is  a  God,  all  &c.  91 

'Tis  by  thy  strength  &c.  104 
'Twas  forth)7  sake,  &c.  110 
The  mem'ry  of  Christ's  &c.  1 16 
To  thee,  most  high  and^-c.  120 
To  God  I  cry'd  with  4*c.  122 
Through  every  age,  <$»c.  142 
The  heathen  know  ihy  4*c  153 
The  Lord  is  come  ;  the  4"c.  154 
Th'  Almighty  reigns,  4*c.  ib. 
To  ourAlmighty  Maker, 4*c  155 
The  Lord,  Jehovah,  reigns  156 
The  Lord  the  sovereignKing  164 
Thus  were  the  tribes  <^c.  169 
To  God  the  great,  the  4'C  1 70 
Thy  works  of  glory  <£*c.  174 
Thus  the  eternal  Father^'C.  178 
The  Lord  appears  my  4*c.  185 
This  is  the  day  the  Lord  4*c.  1 87 
To  thee  before  the  £c.  189' 

Thou  art  my  portion,  4*c.  ib. 
Thy  mercies  fill  the  earth,  4*c.  194 
The  least,  the  feeblest  £c.  202 
Thou  God  of  love,  thou  4'C  203 
To  Z ion's  hill  I  lift  my  eyes  204 
The  Lord  in  Zion  4*c.  214 

Thou  Lord,  by  strictest  4"c.  223 
To  God  I  made  my  4"c.        227 

U 
Upward  I  lift  mine  eyes       204 
Up  from  my  youth  4*c.  210 

Vast  are  thy  works,  £c.  167 
Vain  man,  on  foolish  #"c.       173 

W 
Why  did  the  heathen  fee.        15 
With  my  whole  heart  I'll  &c,  22 


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TABLE  OF  FIRST  LINES. 

Page. 


AVhen  the  great  judge.  &x.      23  Who  will  arise  and  plead 
Why  doth  the  Lord  stand  &c.  ib.tWhen  Pharaoh  dar'd  to  vex 
Why  do  the  men  of  &c.  24  When  God  provok'd  with 

Who  shall  ascend  thy  &c.       28|When  Israel  freed  from 
When  God  is  ni£h,  my  &c.     30|What  shall  I  render  to  my 
We  love  the?,  Lord,  and  &c.  35.With  my  whole  heart  I've 
VVrithinain  pain,  ourA/c.        45;When  pain  and  anguish 
Where  shall  the  man  be  found  49|When  God  restor'd  our 
While  I  keep  silence  and#T.  58;When  God  reveal'd  his 


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^y^]en  man  grows  bold  <J'C 

Why  shouial  vex  my  £c. 

Why  do  the  wealthy  &c.  66j  When  1  with  pleasing 

Why  doth  the  man  of  riches  83J With  songs  and  honours 


65|With  all  my  powers  of  heart  223 

224 


Why  should  the  haughty  90 

When  overwhelm'd  with  99 

We  bless  the  Lord  the  just  109 

Will  God  forever  cast  us  off  119 
When  Israel  sin'd,  the  Lord  125 

While  life  prolongs  its  136 

With  reverence  let  thy  140 


236 

Ye  sons- of  pride  that  hate  84 
Yet  (saith  the  Lord)  141 

Ye  sons  of  men,  a  feeble  146 
Ye  servants  of  th'  almighty  181 
Ye  that  obey  th' immortal  215 
Ye  tribes  of  Adam,  join        237 


A  TABLE 

TO    FIND    ANY    HYMN,    OR    PART    OF    A    HYMN 

BY  THE  FIRST  LINE, 


_oLDAM  in  paradise  was 
All  hail,  thou  great 
Almighty  GodVe  praise, 
Almighty  Father,  gracious 
And  did  the  holy  and  the 
And  must  this  body  die  ? 
Amazing  grace  !  how  sweet 
Attend,  ye  children  of  your 
A  good  high- priest  is  come 
Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross 
Among  the  princes,  earlhly 
Ascend  thy  throne,  almighty 
As  when  the  weary  traveller 
Amen  I  my  father  hears  my 
At  thy  command,  our 
Awake,  awake  the  sacred 
Alas!  how  chang'd  that 
Awake,  and  sine:  the  song 

B 
Behold  the  woman's 
Begone  unbelief 
Beneath  a  numerous  train 
Bright  King  of  glory, 
Behold  what  wondrotfs 


Pa?e., 
249 

258 
265 
271 


Paire. 

BehoM  the  sin-atoning  283 

Behold  the  potter  and  the  301 
Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds  302 
Blest  Jesus,  source  of  every  304 


288  By  faith  in  Christ  we're  310 
290;Behold  what  condescending  316 
305  Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blow  325 
313  Bright  as  the  sun's  352 

320  Blest  be  th'  Eternal  Infinite  385 
344  Blest  is  the  man  whose  409 

350  Behold  the  grace  appears     424 

351  Behold  the  saints,  belov'd    426 

360  C  <- 

361  Come,  ye  that  love  the  383 
372  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  299 
387  Can  creatures,  to  perfection,  333 
413  Come,  dearest  Lord,  and  336 
426  Clamour  and  wrath  and        33lJ 

Come  shout  aloud  the  350 

258  Come  in,  ye  blessed  of  the  366 
262  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  ris'n  to  38a 
268  D 

280  Dear  Saviour,  we  are  thine  252 

281  (Destruction's  dangerous       269 


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Dearest  of  all  the  names  285iHark  !  the  voice  of  love  366 
Day  of  judgment,  day  of  296JHow  condescending  and  368 
Dear  Lord,  and  shall  thy  299>How  rich  are  thy  provisions,  372 
Dare  we  indulge  our  wrath  339Here  at  thy  table,  Lord,  373 
Descend  from  Heaven,  349,  Hosanna,  with  a  cheerful  392 
Death,  with  his  dread  401;How  beautous  are  their  feet  394 

Death  !  'tis  a  melancholy      410  Hark  !  from  the  tombs  a        416 


Death  cannot  make  our         411 
Death  may  dissolve  my        415 

Eternal  King  !  the  greatest,  253 


Hear  what  the  voice  from       ib. 

I 

Infinite  grace  :  and  can  it  be  254 

It  shall  be  well,  let  sinners  272 


Enslav'd  by  sin,  and  bound  255'Pm  not  asham'd  to  own  my  273 
Ere  the  blue  heavens  were  257lln  Christ  I've  all  my  soul's  277 
Eternal  Spirit  !  we  confess    298ilmmortal  God  on  thee  we     287 


Eternal  God  !  Almighty  331 
Eternal  sovereign  of  the  sky  338 
Eternal  power  !  w  hose  high  351 
Eternal  King,  enthron'd    '    363 


I  know  that  my  Redeemer  292 
It  is  the  Lord — enthron'd  in  354 
In  sweet  exalted  strains  395 
I  pray 'd  the  Lord  that  I         419 


Eternity  !  stupendous  theme  380|In  God  the  Father  I  believe  420 
Eternal  life  1  how  sweet  the  38 It  J 

Eternal  source  of  every         384  Jesus  my  love,  my  chief        274 
F  [Jesus,  the  spring  of  joys        275 

Faith  !  'tis  a  precious  grace  260  Join  all  thy  glorious  names  276 
Far,  far  beyond  these  lower  293] Jesus,  we  bless  thy  Father's  280 
Forgiveness !  'tis  a  joyful      303jJesus  the  Lord  our  souls        294 

322Jesus,we  sing  thy  matchless  295 
352lJoin,  all  who  love  the  309 

393jJesus  invites  his  saints  318 

408,  Jesus  in  thee  our  eyes  319 

Jesus  is  gone  above  the        367 


Father  of  mercies,  in  thy 
Father  of  faithful  Abrah'm 
Frequent  the  day  of  God 
Father  of  mercies  send  thy 
G 


God,  in  the  gospel  of  his  Son  259|Jesus,  once  for  sinners  slain  371 
God  moves  in  a  mysterious  269]Jesus  my  Lord,  how  rich  407 
God  with  us!  O glorious        2821  Jesus,  our  soul's  delightful  418 


G    preach  my  gospel, 
Great  source  of  order, 
Great  God,  thy  holy  law 
Grace  has  enabled  me  to 
God  of  our  lives,  thy 
Great  God,  we  sing  that 
Gre:t  God,  to  thee  my 
Great  Father  of  mankind 
Gre.it  God  the  nations  of 
Great  ruler  of  this  earth 

H 
How  -weet  the  name  of 
Hark  the  glad  sound  !  the 
H        what  the  voice  from 
How  long  shall  death  the 
How  It.  ppy  are  the  souls 
Ho  v  sweet  and  awful  is  the  320 
H-      can  I  sink  w;th  such  a  326 
How  vast  tire  benefits  327 

Holy  «nd  reverend  is  the 
How  sweet,  how  heav'nJy 


333}  -  L 

337  Let  thoughtless  thousands     246 
342! Lord  how  secure  my  248 

345|Long  ere  the  sun  began  his  264 
335'Let  them  neglect  thy  glory  ib. 
386]Lord,  when  our  raptur'd  265 
391  Let  others  boast  how  strong  266 
394^0  !  he  cometh  !  countless  297 
397  (Let  party-names  no  more  302 
402'Lord,  at  thy  feet  1  prostrate  303 
iLord,  thy  imputed  307 

274  Lord  we  adore  thy  matchless  324 
284  Let  me  but  hear  my  330 

289Let  those  who  bear  the  335 


304 
307 


Look  up,  ye  saints,  with  353 
Lord,  at  thy  feet  we  sinners  356 
Let  me,  my  Saviour  and  my  359 
Let  us  adore  the  eternal  368 
Lord,  1  am  thine,  entirely  369 
3.:3:Lord,  at  thy  table  i  behold  376 
340|Lo  I  on  a  narrow  neck  of      382 


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TABLE  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


Page. 
Look  down,  O  God,  with  398 
Lord,  1  am  pain'd  ;  but  I  404 
Lord  at  thy  temple  we  425 

Lo !  he  comes  with  clouds     428 

M 
Mistaken  souls  !  that  dream  26 1 


My  saviour  God,  my 
JVlcst  holy  God,  thy 
Most  gracious  Father, 
My  God,  thy  service  well 

N 
No  strength  of  Nature  can 
Now  back  with  humble 
Not  alt  the  nobles  of  the 
Now  to  the  Lord  that  made 
No  more,  my  God,  1  boast 
Not  the  malicious  or 
Now  from  the  altar  of  our 
Now  let  our  hearts  conspire  410 
Now  be  the  God  of  Israel 

O 


312 
341 
355 
404 

246 
250 
278 
296 
310 
328 
391 


So  let  our  lips  and  lives 
Shall  we  go  en  to  siii 
Sacred  wedlock  !  law  of 
Sovereign  of  all  the 
Shout  and  proclaim  the 
Stern  winter  throws  his 
See  how  the  mounting 
Shepherd  of  Israel,  thou 
See  gracious  Lord,  before 
Sovereign  of  life,  we  own 
Stoop  down  my^  thoughts 

The  righteousness,  the 
Thus  saith  the  first,  the 
The  law  of  God  is  just 
The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns 
The  Saviour  !  O  what 
There  is  one  God,  and 
(Though  troubles  assail 
424jThe  wondering  world 
To  us  a  child  is  born  from 


326 
329 
341 
348 
37T 
384 
389 
396 
400 
403 
411 

247 
ib. 

248 
253 
256 

363 
269 
276 
283 
290 


Our  nature's  totally  251  (There  is  a  land  of  pure 

O  Christ,  thou  glorious  King  27  9\T\s  finished,  the  Redeemer  291 

O  Lord,  when  faith  with       285*Twixt  Jesus  and  the  chosen  308 


Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the    293 


O  Lord,  my  soul  convicted  345 


Our  Father,  thron'd  in 

Our  grateful  tongues, 

O  the  sweet  wonders  of 

Once  more,  my  soul,  the 

O  what  stupendous  mercy 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with 

Our  souls  shall  magnify  the  423 

Pity  a  helpless  sinner,  370 

Peace  !  'Tis  the  Lord 
R 


348 
360 
375 
390 
408 
418 


Twas  the  commission  of 


The  sacraments  are  holy 
Thus  saith  the  mercy  of 
Thus  did  the  sons  of 
The  Saviour  with  inviting 
Twas  on  that  dark,  that 
To  Jesus,  our  exalted 
Thou  lovely  source  of  true 
That  God,  who  made  the 
Thou  art,  O  God,  a  Spirit 
Thine  earthly  sabbaths, 
414jThough  parents  may  in 
The  Lord  who  truly 


312 
314 
ib. 
315 
316 
317 
318 
328 
330 
332 
337 
338 
347 


Resistless  Sovereign  of  the   267iThou  reigns't,  O  Lord,  thy  353 


Return  my  soul  enjoy  thy 
Religion  is  the  chief 
Rejoice,  believer,  in  the 
Rejoice  the  Lord  is  King 


335JThro'  all  the  downward 
343]Through  all  the  various 
358jThus  far  my  God  has  led 
388|Teach  us,  O  Lord,  aright 
The  broken  bread,  the 


354 
356 
357 
358 
364 
365 


Substantial  comfort  will  not  245  The  King  of  heaven  his 

Sin,  like  a  venomous  251  The  blest  memorials  of  thy  3/U 

Salvation  !  O  melodious  256|The  promise  of  my  3/4 

Submissive  to  thy  will,  273|Thee  food  on  which  thy        375 

Stretch'd  on  the  cross  the  286|Thee  we  adore,  eternal         379 

Sinners  rejoice,  it's  Christ  287(The  time  is  short !  the  380 

Saints  in  their  graves  lie  289  Thy  providence,  great  382 

Shout  for  the  blessed  Jesus  300,To  praise  the  everbounteous  387 

Saviour  divine,  we  know  308jTo  thy  great  name,  O  3.^3 

Self-righteous  souls  on  31  l)To  thee,  whoreign'st  402 

Sinners  the  voice  oi  God  324Tby  bounties,  gracious         405 


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The  gold  and  silver  are  the  406|  What  strange  perplexities  363 
The  moment  a  sinner  417iWhen  the  blest  day  of  389 

V  Welcome  sweet  day  of  rest  393 

Vain  are  the  hopes  the  s  ons  249  While  o'er  our  guilty  land,  399 
W  War  horrid  war,  deep  400 

Wait,  O  my  soul,  thy  268! When  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  406 

We  bless  the  Prophet  of  the  276!  When  death  appears  before  412 
With  transport,  Lord,  our     294JWho  shall  the  Lord's  420 

What  have  I  in  this  barren  306JWhen  Hannah  p.ress'd  with  420 
W;th  what  delight  1  raise  321  When  we  are  raised  from  422 
What  shall  the  dying  sinner  323/  Y 

When  God  his  gracious  334  Ye  saints  proclaim  aloud  283 
Wnatdoes  the  worldling      3421  Ye  wretched,  hungry,  365 

Wrnte'er  thy  lot  on  earth  3441  Ye  sin-sick  souls  draw  near  374 
Where  is  my  God  ? —  346'  Ye  mourning  saints,  draw     414 

What  various  hindrances      347!  DOXOLOGIES  429 


TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 

•F  CATECHISM,  COMPENDIUM,  CONFESSION  OF  FAITH,  AND  LITURGY, 

— o*©—  Page, 

The  Catechism, 443 

The  Compendium  of  the  Christian  Religion,           -  -        464 

The  Confession  of  Faith,        -        -    ,  -        -        -  -        471 

Liturgy, ,  488 

A  Prayer  on  the  Lord's  Day  before  Sermon,          -  -          ib. 

A  Prayer  on  the  Lord's  Day  after  Sermon,             -  -        ib. 

A  Prayer  before  the  Explanation  of  the  Catechism,  -     491 

A  Prayer  after  the  Explanation,    -                 -        -  -        ib. 

A  Prayer  before  Sermon  in  the  Week,    -  492 

A  Prayer  after  it, -        ib. 

Morning  Prayer,             -        -        -        -        -        -  -        ib. 

Evening  Prayer,              -      493 

A  Prayer  at  the  opening  of  the  Consistory,  ib. 

A  Prayer  at  the  close  of  it,           -  494 

A  prayer  at  the  meeting  of  the  Deacons,         -        -  -        ib. 

Grace  before  Meat,         --        -        .        .        .  -495 

Grace  after  Meat,             -        -        ,  -      -        -  -       id. 

A  Prayer  for  sick  and  tempted  Persons,          -*  »b! 

Another,          -        -        -        -        -,-        .        -  -     4^g 

Form  of  Infant  Baptism,           -        -        -        -        -  -     417 

Form  of  Baptism  of  adult  Persons ;         '•-        -  -     4J9 

Form  of  Administration  of  the  Lord's  Supper    -     — *--  -    500 

Form  of  Excommunication,      -        -        -        -  -     6Q5 

Form  of  Re-admitting  Excommunicated  Persons,       -  -    507 

Ordination  of  the  Ministers  of  God's  Word,        -        -  -    518 

Ordination  of  Elders  and  Deacons,            -        -        -  -    612 

Form  of  confirmation  of  Marriage,             -        -        -  -516 

The  Consolation  of  the  Sick,             -        --  .  -        -  -    r»!8 

The  Nicene  Creed,  -        - 619 

The  Athanasian  Creed,            -       -        -       -       -  ,      ib. 


PSALMS 

PSALM  1.  S.  M. 

The  way  and  end  of  the  righteous  and  the  wicked. 

1  fllHE  man  is  ever  blest 

-■-      Who  shuns  the  sinner's  ways, 
Amidst  their  councils  never  stands. 
Nor  takes  the  scorner's  place. 

2  But  makes  the  law  of  God 
His  study  and  delight, 

Throughout  the  labours  of  the  day, 
And  watches  of  the  night. 

3  He  like  a  tree  shall  thrive, 
With  waters  near  the  root : 

Fresh  as  the  leaf  his  name  shall  live ; 
His  works  are  heav'nly  fruit. 

4  Not  so  the  ungodly  race, 
They  no  such  blessings  find ; 

Their  hopes  shall  flee  like  empty  chaff 
Before  the  driving  wind. 

5  How  will  they  bear  to  stand 
Before  that  judgment-seat, 

Where  all  the  saints  at  Christ's  right  hand 
In  full  assembly  meet  ? 

6  He  knows,  and  he  approves 
The  way  the  righteous  go  : 

But  sinners  and  their  works  shall  meet 
A  dreadful  overthrow. 

PSALM  2.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
God  the  Father  vindicates  his  Messiah. 

1   Y^HY  did  the  heathen  madly  rage, 
*  *       And  why  the  Jews  conspire  in  vain 

2 


14  ro^i^ivi  11. 

Why  kings  and  rulers  all  engage, 
T'  oppose  Messiah's  gracious  reign  ? 

3  "  Come,  let  us  break  his  bands,"  they  say, 
"  We'll  ne'er  be  govern'd  by  his  laws  :" 
And  thus  they  cast  his  yoke  away, 
And  nail'd  Messiah  to  the  cross. 

3  But  God  the  Father,  from  his  throne, 
Laughs  at  their  pride,  their  rage  controls  \ 
He'll  vex  their  hearts  with  pains  unknown, 
And  speak  in  thunder  to  their  souls. 

4  "  I'll  vindicate  the  king  I  made, 
"  On  Zion's  everlasting  hill ; 

"My  hand  shall  bring  him  from  the  dead3 
"And  he  shall  reign,  Messiah  still." 

PSALM  2.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 

God  the  Son  reveals  the  divine  decree. 

1  FilH'  eternal  Son  with  pow'r  array'd, 
-■-      Declares  th'  unchangeable  decree  : 

"  Thou  art  my  Son,"  the  Father  said, 
**  This  day  have  I  begotten  thee. 

2  "  For  sin  thou'st  offer'd  up  thy  soul, 
"  And  thou'st  a  right  to  intercede  ; 
"  Thy  life  shall  last  while  ages  roll, 

u  And  thou  shalt  see  a  num'rous  seed. 

3  "Ask  then,  my  Son,  and  I  will  give 
"  The  heathen  for  thy  vast  domain ; 
"  The  utmost  ends  of  earth  receive, 

"  And  boundless  be  thy  blessed  reign. 

4  "  But  nations  that  resist  thy  .grace, 

"  Shall  fall  beneath  thine  iron  stroke  ; 
"  Thy  rod  shall  crush  thy  foes  with  ease, 
"  As  potters'  earthen  work  is  broke." 
PSALM  2.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Qod  the  Holy  Ghost  invites  and  warns  persecutors  and  infidels. 

1  "1WTOW,"  saiththe  spirit  of  the  Lord, 
^     To  those  who  sit  on  earthly  thrones ; 


PSALM  II,  111.  to 

•'<  Rejoice  with  trembling  at  his  word, 
"  And  at  his  feet  submit  your  crowns. 

2  "  With  faith  and  love  address  the  Son, 
"  Lest  he  grow  angry  and  ye  die  ; 

"  His  wrath  will  burn  to  worlds  unknown, 
"  If  ye  provoke  his  jealousy. 

3  "  His  frowns  shall  drive  you  quick  to  hell, 
"  For  he  is  God,  and  ye  but  dust ; 

"  Happy  the  souls  thai  know  him  well, 
«  And  make  his  grace  their  only  trust/5 
PSALM  3.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Jl  Morning  Psalm. 

1  f~|  LORD,  how  many  are  my  foes, 

'-J  In  this  weak  state  of  flesh  and  blood! 
My  peace  they  daily  discompose, 
But  my  defence  and  hope  is  God. 

2  Tir\   with  the  burdens  of  the  day, 
To  thee  I  rais'd  an  evening  cry ; 
Thou  heard'st  when  1  began  to  pray, 
And  thine  almighty  help  was  nigh. 

3  Supported  by  thy  heavenly  aid, 

I  laid  me  down  and  slept  secure  ; 

Not  death  should  make  my  heart  afraid, 

Though  I  should  wake  and  rise  no  more^ 

4  But  God  sustained  me  all  the  night : 
Salvation  doth  to  God  belong : 

He  rais'd  iuy  head  to  see  the  light, 
And  makes  his  praise  my  morning  song. 
PSALM  3.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
God  our  defence  from  Sin  and  Satan. 

1    IVf  Y  God,  the  tempter  would  persuade, 
-*-"   There's  no  relief  in  heaven  ; 
And  all  my  swelling  sins  appear 
Too  big  to  be  forgiven. 


16  PSALM  III,  IY. 

2  But  thou,  my  righteousness  and  strength, 

Shalt  on  the  tempter  tread  ; 
Shalt  silence  all  my  threatening  guilt. 
And  raise  my  drooping  head. 

3  I  cried,  and  from  his  holy  hill 

He  bow'd  a  listening  ear; 
I  call'd  my  Father,  and  my  God, 
And  he  subdu'd  my  fear,* 

4  He  shed  soft  slumbers  on  mine  eyes, 

In  spite  of  all  my  foes ; 
I  'woke,  and  wonder'd  at  the  grace 
That  guarded  my  repose. 

5  What  though  the  hosts  of  death  and  hell 

All  arm'd  against  me  stood  ; 
Terrors  no  more  shall  shake  my  soul ; 
My  refuge  is  my  God. 

6  Arise,  O  Lord,  fulfil  thy  grace, 

While  I  thy  glory  sing  ; 
For  Christ  hath  broke  the  serpent's  teeth. 
And  death  has  lost  his  sting. 
6  Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs, 
His  arm  alone  can  save ; 
Blessings  attend  thy  people  here, 
And  reach  beyond  the  grave. 
PSALM  4.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
God  our  portion  and  Christ  our  hope. 


1 


OGOD  of  grace  and  righteousness, 
Hear  and  attend  when  I  complain ; 
Thou  hast  enlarg'd  me  in  distress, 
Bow  down  a  gracious  ear  again. 
Ye  sons  of  men,  in  vain  you  try 
To  turn  my  glory  into  shame  ; 
How  long  will  scoffers  love  to  lie, 
And  dare  reproach  my  Saviour's  name  1 


PSALM  IY.  17 

3  Know  that  the  Lord  divides  his  saints 
From  all  the  tribes  of  men  beside  : 
He  hears  the  cry  of  penitents, 

For  the  dear  sake  of  Christ  that  died. 

4  When  our  obedient  hands  have  done 
A  thousand  works  of  righteousness, 
We  put  our  trust  in  Christ  alone, 
And  glory  in  his  pardoning  grace. 

5  Let  the  unthinking  many  say, 

"  Who  will  bestow  some  earthly  good !"' 
But,  Lord,  thy  light  and  love  we  pray ; 
Our  souls  desire  this  heavenly  food. 

8  Then  shall  my  cheerful  powers  rejoice 
At  grace  and  favours  so  divine, 
Nor  will  1  change  my  happy  choice, 
For  all  their  corn,  and  all  their  wine. 
PSALM  4.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
An  Evening  Psalm. 

1  T  ORD,  thou  shalt  hear  me  when  1  pray  ; 
-■-^     I  am  forever  thine ; 

I  fear  before  thee  all  the  day» 
Nor  would  I  dare  to  sin. 

2  And  while  I  rest  my  weary  head, 

From  cares  and  business  free, 
5Tis  sweet  conversing  on  my  bed 
With  my  own  heart  and  thee. 

3  I  pay  this  evening  sacrifice  ; 

And  when  my  work  is  done, 
Great  God  !  my  faith  and  hope  relies 
Upon  thy  grace  alone. 

4  Thus,  with  my  thoughts  compos'd  to  peace, 

I'll  give  mine  eyes  to  sleep ; 
Thy  hand  in  safety  keeps  my  days, 
And  will  my  slumbers  keep. 


o* 


18  PSALM  V. 

PSALM  5.     C.  M. 

For  the  Lord's  day  morning. 

1  I'  ORD,  in  the  morning  thou  wilt  hear 
-Li     My  voice  ascending  high  ; 

To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye  ; 

2  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone, 

To  plead  for  all  his  saints, 
Presenting  at  his  Father's  throne 
Our  songs  and  our  compfaints. 

-3  Thou  art  a  God,  before  whose  sight 
The  wicked  shall  not  stand ; 
Sinners  shall  ne'er  be  thy  delight. 
Nor  dwell  at  thy  right-hand. 

4  But  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 

To  taste  thy  mercies  there  ; 
I  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in  thy  fear. 

5  Oh  may  thy  spirit  guide  my  feet 

In  ways  of  righteousness  ! 
Make  every  path  of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

6  My  watchful  enemies  combine 

To  tempt  my  feet  astray ; 
They  flatter  with  a  base  design 
To  make  my  soul  their  prey. 

7  Lord,  crush  the  serpent  in  the  dust, 

And  all  his  plots  destroy  ; 
While  those  that  in  thy  mercy  trust 
For  ever  shout  for  joy. 

8  The  men  that  love  and  fear  thy  name 

Shall  see  their  hopes  fulfill'd  ; 
The  mighty  God  will  compass  them 
With  favour  as  a  shield. 


PSALM  VI,  VII.  19 

PSALM  G.     C.  M. 

Complaint  in  Sick?iess. 

IN  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  me  not, 
Withdraw  the  dreadful  storm  ; 
Nor  let  thy  fury  grow  so  hot, 
Against  a  feeble  worm. 

My  soul's  bow'd  down  wifh  heavy  cares, 

My  flesh  with  pain  opprest  ; 
My  couch  is  witness  to  my  tears, 

My  tears  forbid  my  rest. 
Sorrow  and  pain  wear  out  my  days  ; 

I  waste  the  night  with  cries, 
Counting  the  minutes  as  they  pass, 

'Till  the  slow  morning  rise. 

Shall  1  be  still  afflicted  more  ? 

Mine  eyes  consum'd  with  grief? 
How  long,  my  God,  how  long  before 

Thy  hand  affords  relief  ? 
He  hears  when  dust  and  ashes  speak, 

He,  pities  all  our  groans  ; 
He  saves  us  for  our  Saviour's  sake, 

And  heals  our  broken  bones. 

The  virtue  of  his  sovereign  word 

Restores  our  fainting  breath  : 
For  silent  graves  praise  not  the  Lord ; 

Our  lips  are  seal'd  in  death. 
PSALM  7.    C.  M, 

God's  care  of  his  people,  and  punishment  of  persecutors: 

MY  trust  is  in  my  heavenly  friend, 
My  hope  in  thee,. my  God  ; 
Rise,  and  my  helpless  life  defend 
From  those  that  seek  my  blood. 
With  insolence  and  fury  they 

My  soul  in  pieces  tear, 
As  hungry  lions  rend  the  prey, 
When  no  deliverer's  near. 


20  PSALM  VII,  VIII. 

3  If  I  indulge  in  thoughts  unjust, 

And  wish  and  seek  their  woe, 
Then  let  them  tread  my  life  to  dust, 
And  lay  mine  honour  low. 

4  If  there  were  malice  hid  in  me, 

I  know  thy  piercing  eyes  ; 
I  should  not  dare  appeal  to  thee, 
Nor  ask  my  God  to  rise. 

5  Arise,  my  God,  lift  up  thy  hand, 

Their  pride  and  power  control ; 
Awake  to  judgment,  and  command 
Deliverance  for  my  soul. 

6  Let  sinners  and  their  wicked  rage 

Be  humbled  to  the  dust ; 
.Shall  not  the  God  of  truth  engage 
To  vindicate  the  just  ? 

7  He  knows  the  heart,  he  tries  the  reins, 

He  will  defend  th'  upright  ; 
His  sharpest  arrows  he  ordains 
Against  the  sons  of  spite. 

8  For  me  their  malice  dug  a  pit, 

But  there  themselves  are  cast: 
My  God  makes  all  their  mischief  light 
On  their  own  heads  at  last. 

9  That  cruel  persecuting  race 
'     Must  feel  his  dreadful  sword  ; 
Awake,  my  soul,  and  praise  the  grace, 

And  justice  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  8.     first  Part.     S.  M. 
The  sovereignty  and  goodness  of  God. 

1    £\  LORD,  our  heavenly  king, 

^J  Thy  name  is  all  divine, 
Thy  glories  round  the  earth  are  spread. 
And  o'er  the  heavens  they  shine. 


PSALM  VIIL  21 

2  When  to  thy  works  on  high. 
1  raise  my  wondering  eyes, 

And  see  the  moon  complete  in  light, 
Adorn  the  darksome  skies  : 

3  When  I  survey  the  stars 
And  all  their  shining  forms, 

Lord,  what  is  man  ?  that  worthless  thing, 
A- kin  to  dust  and  worms  ! 

4  Lord,  what  is  worthless  man, 
That  thou  should'st  love  him  so ! 

Next  to  thine  angels  is  he  plac'd, 
And  lord  of  all  below. 

5  How  rich  thy  bounties  are ! 
How  wond'rous  are  thy  ways ! 

Of  dust  and  worms  thy  power  Gan  frame, 
A  monument  of  praise. 

PSALM  3.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Adam  and  Christ. 

1  "  ORD,  what  was  man,  when  made  at  first, 
L*  Adam,  the  offspring  of  the  dust, 
That  thou  should'st  set  him  and  his  race 
But  just  below  an  angel's  place  ! 

2  That  thou  should'st  raise  his  nature  so, 
And  make  him  lord  of  all  below  ; 
Make  every  beast  and  bird  submit, 
And  lay  the  fishes  at  his  feet ! 

3  But  O,  what  brighter  glories  wait 
To  crown  the  second  Adam's  state  ! 
What  honours  shall  thy  Son  adorn, 
W  ho  condescended  to  be  born  ! 

4  See  him  below  his  angels  made  : 
See  him  in  dust  among  the  dead, 
To  save  a  ruin'd  world  from  sin  : 
Yet  he  shall  reign  with  power  divine.  , 


22  PSALM  VIII,  IX. 

5  The  world  to  come,  redeem'd  from  all 
The  miseries  that  attend  the  fall, 
New  made  and  glorious  shall  submit 
At  our  exalted  Saviour's  feet. 

PSALM  8.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  Hosannah  of  the  Children. 

1  A  LMIGHT  Y  Ruler  of  the  skies, 
-^-Thro'  the  wide  earth  thy  name  is  spread ; 
And  thine  eternal  glories  rise, 

O'er  all  the  heavens  thy  hands  have  made. 

2  To  thee  the  voices  of  the  young 
A  monument  of  honour  raise ; 
And  babes  with  uninstructed  tongue 
Declare  the  wonders  of  thy  praise. 

3  Thy  power  assists  their  tender  age 
To  bring  proud  rebels  to  the  ground ; 
To  still  the  bold  blasphemers'  rage, 
And  all  their  policy  confound. 

PSALM  9.     First  Part.     C.  M: 
Wrath  and  mercy  from  the  judgment  seat. 

1  "^M^ITH  my  whole  heart  I'll  raise  my  song, 

▼▼    Thy  wonders  I'll  proclaim; 
Thou,  the  great  judge  of  right  and  wrong. 
Wilt  put  my  foes  to  shame. 

2  Fll  sing  thy  majesty  and  grace  ; 

My  God  prepares  his  throne 
To  judge  the  world  in  righteousness, 
And  make  his  vengeance  known. 

3  Then  shall  the  lord  a  refuge  prove 

For  all  the  poor  opprest ; 
To  save  the  people  of  his  love, 
And  give  the  weary  rest. 

4  The  men  that  know  thy  name  will  trust 

In  thine  abundant  grace  : 
And  thou  wilt  ne'er  forsake  the  just, 
Who  humbly  seek  thy  face, 


PSALM  IX.  X.  23 

:>  Sing  praises  to  the  righteous  Lord, 

Who  dwells  on  Zion's  hill ; 

Who  executes  his  threat'ning  word, 

And  doth  his  grace  fulfil. 

PSALM  9.     Second  Part,     C:  M. 
The  ■wisdom  and  equity  of  providence . 

1  Vlf  HEN  the  great  Judge,  supreme  and  just, 

▼  ▼     Shall  once  inquire  for  blood, 
The  humble  souls  that  mourn  in  dust, 
Shall  find  a  faithful  God. 

2  He  from  the  dreadful  gates  of  death 

Doth  his  own  children  raise : 
In  Zion's  gates  with  cheerful  breath, 
They  sing  their  Father's  praise. 

3  His  foes  shall  fall  with  heedless  feet 

Into  the  pit  they  made ; 
And  sinners  perish  in  the  net, 

That  their  own  hands  have  spread. 

4  Thus  by  thy  judgments,  mighty  God, 

Are  thy  deep  counsels  known  ; 
When  men  of  mischief  are  destroy 'd, 
The  snare  must  be  their  own. 

5  The  wicked  shall  sink  down  to  hell ; 

The  wrath  devour  the  lands 
That  dare  forget  thee,  or  rebel 
Against  thy  known  commands. 

0  Though  saints  to  sore  distress  are  brought, 

And  wait  and  long  complain ; 

Their  cries  shall  never  be  forgot, 

Nor  shall  their  hopes  be  vain. 

PSALM  10.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
For  a  day  of  Humiliation. 

1  T^HY  doth  the  Lord  stand  off  so  far ! 

**     And  why  conceal  his  face, 
When  great  calamities  appear, 
And  times  of  deep  distress? 


24  PSALM  X,  XJ. 

2  Lord,  shall  the  wicked  still  deride 

Thy  justice  and  thy  power  ? 
Shall  they  advance  their  heads  in  pride, 
And  still  thy  saints  devour  ? 

3  They  put  thy  judgments  from  their  sight 

And  then  insult  the  poor  ; 
They  boast  in  their  exalted  height, 
That  they  shall  fall  no  more. 

4  Arise,  O  God,  lift  up  thy  hand  ; 

Attend  our  humble  cry: 
No  enemy  shall  dare  to  stand 
AY  hen  God  ascends  on  high. 

PSALM  10.     Second  Part.     CM. 
God  will  hear  the  prayers  of  his  children. 

1  V¥/*HY  do  the  men  of  malice  rage, 

▼  ▼     And  say,  with  foolish  pride, 
"  The  God  of  heaven  will  ne'er  engage 
"  To  fight  on  Zion's  side  ?" 

2  But  thou  forever  art  our  Lord  ; 

And  powerful  is  thy  hand, 
As  when  the  heathens  felt  thy  sword, 
And  perish'd  from  thy  land. 

3  God  will  prepare  our  hearts  to  pray. 

And  bow  hie  ear  to  hear  ; 
He  marks  whate'er  his  children  say 
And  puts  the  world  in  fear. 

4  Proud  tyrants  shall  no  more  oppress, 

No  more  despise  the  just; 
And  mighty  sinners  shall  confers 
They  are  but  earth  and  dust. 
PSALM  11.     L.  M. 

God  loves  the  righteous  and  abhors  the  wicked. 

I    1M[  Y  refuge  is  the  God  of  love  : 
J-"     Why  do  my  foes  insult  and  cry. 
"  Fly  like  a  tim'rous  trembling  dove, 
a  To  distant  woods  or  mountains  fly  ?' 


PSALM  XII.  2b 

If  government  be  all  destroy'd, 
(That  firm  foundation  of  our  peace) 
And  violence  make  justice  void, 
Where  shall  the  righteous  seek  redress  ? 
The  Lord  in  heaven  hath  fix'd  his  throne, 
His  eye  surveys  the  world  below  ; 
To  him  all  mortal  things  are  known, 
His  eye-lids  search  our  spirits  through. 
If  he  afflict  his  saints  so  far, 
To  prove  their  love  and  try  their  grace, 
What  must  the  bold  transgressors  fear  ? 
His  very  soul  abhors  tbeir  ways. 
On  impious  wretches  he  shall  rain 
Tempests  of  brimstone,  fire  and  death; 
Such  as  he  kindled  on  the  plain 
Of  Sodom,  with  his  angry  breath. 

The  righteous  Lord  loves  righteous  souls, 

Whose  thoughts  and  actions  are  sincere  ; 

And  with  a  gracious  eye  beholds 

The  men  that  his  own  image  bear. 

PSALM   12.  First  Part.     L.   M. 

Safety  and  hope  in  evil  times. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  appear  and  save, 
For  vice  and  vanity  prevail ; 
The  godly  perish  in  the  grave, 
The  just  depart,  the  faithful  fail. 

The  whole  discourse,  when  neighbours  meet, 
Is  fill'd  with  trifles  loose  and  vain  ; 
Their  lips  are  flattery  and  deceit, 
And  their  proud  language  is  profane. 
But  lips  that  with  deceit  abound 
Shall  not  maintain  their  triumph  long ; 
The  God  of  vengeance  will  confound 
The  flattering  and  blaspheming  tongue. 
"Yet  shall  our  words  be  free,"  they  cry, 
"Our  tongue  shall  be  controul'd  by  none  ; 
3 


26  PSALM  XII,  XIII. 

"  Where  is  the  Lord  will  ask  us  why  ; 
"  Or  say,  our  lips  are  not  our  own  ?" 

5  The  Lord,  who  sees  the  poor  oppress'd 
And  hears  the  oppressor's  haughty  strain, 
Will  rise  to  give  his  children  rest, 

Nor  shall  they  trust  his  word  in  vain. 

6  Thy  word,  O  Lord,  though  often  tried, 
Void  of  deceit  shall  still  appear; 

Not  silver,  seven  times  purified 

From  dross  and  mixture,  shines  so  clear. 

7  Thy  grace  shall  in  the  darkest  hour 
Defend  the  holy  soul  from  harm  ; 
Though,  when  the  vilest  men  have  power, 
On  every  side  will  sinners  swarm. 

PSALM   12.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Lord  will  judge  the  wicked,  and  save  his  people  . 

1  W  ORD,  when  iniquities  abound, 
JL*  And  blasphemy  grows  bold, 
When  faith  is  hardly  to  be  found, 

And  love  is  waxing  cold  : 

2  Is  not  thy  chariot  hastening  on  ? 

Hast  thou  not  given  the  sign  ? 
May  we  not  trust  and  live  upon 
A  promise  so  divine  ? 

3  "Now,"  saith  the  Lord,  "Now  will  I  rise, 

"  And  make  oppressors  flee  ; 

"  I  will  appear  to  their  surprise, 

"  And  set  my  servants  free." 

4  Thy  word,  like  silver  seven  times  tried, 

Through  ages  shall  endure  ; 
The  men  that  in  thy  truth  confide 
Shall  find  the  promise  sure. 
PSALM  13.     L.  M. 

Pleading  with  God  under  desertion. 

]    ¥¥OW  long,  O  Lord,  shall  I  complain, 
jLE    Like  one  that  seeks  his  God  in  vain  ? 


PSALM  XIV.  27 

Wilt  thou  thy  face  forever  hide  ? 
Shall  1  still  pray  and  be  denied  ! 

2  Shall  I  forever  he  forgot, 

As  one  whom  thou  regardest  not  ? 

Still  shall  my  soul  thine  absence  mourn? 

And  still  despair  of  thy  return? 

3  How  long  shall  my  poor  troubled  breast 
Be  with  these  anxious  thoughts  opprest  ? 
And  satan,  my  malicious  foe, 

Rejoice  to  see  me  sunk  so  low  ? 

4  Hear,  Lord,  and  grant  me  quick  relief, 
Before  my  death  conclude  my  grief: 
If  thou  withhold  thy  heavenly  light, 

I  sleep  in  everlasting  night. 

5  How  will  the  powers  of  darkness  boast, 
If  but  one  praying  soul  be  lost  ? 

But  I  have  trusted  in  thy  grace* 
And  shall  again  behold  thy  face. 

6  Whate'er  my  fears  or  foes  suggest, 
Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy  my  rest ; 
My  heart  shall  feel  thy  love,  and  raise 
My  cheerful  voice  to  songs  of  praise. 

PSALM  14.     First  Part,     C.  M. 
By  nature  all  men  are  sinners. 

1  "l^OOLS  in  their  hearts  believe  and  say 
*-     "  That  all  religion's  vain  : 

"  There  is  no  God  that  reigns  on  high, 
"Or  minds  th'  affairs  of  men." 

2  From  thoughts  so  dreadful  and  profane 

Corrupt  discourse  proceeds  ; 
And  in  their  impious  hands  are  found 
Abominable  deeds. 

3  The  Lord,  from  his  celestial  throne, 

Look VI  down  on  things  below, 
To  find  the  man  that  sought  his  grace, 
Or  did  his  justice  know. 


28  PSALM  XIY,   XV. 

i  By  nature  all  are  gone  astray, 
Their  practice  all  the  same  ; 
There's  none  that  fears  his  Maker's  hand, 
There's  none  that  loves  his  name. 
3  Their  tongues  are  us'd  to  speak  deceit, 
Their  slanders  never  cease  ; 
How  swift  to  mischief  are  their  feet ; 
Nor  know  the  paths  of  peace. 

&  Such  seeds  of  sin  (that  bitter  root) 
In  every  heart  are  found  ; 
Nor  can  they  bear  diviner  fruit, 
'Till  grace  refine  the  ground. 
PSALM   14.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  folly  of  persecutors. 

1  A  RE  sinners  now  so  senseless  grown,  . 
-™-     That  they  the  saints  devour  ? 
And  never  worship  at  thy  throne, 

Nor  fear  thine  awful  power  ? 

2  Great  God„  appear  to  their  surprise; 

Reveal  thy  dreadful  name  ; 
Let  them  no  more  thy  wrath  despise, 
Nor  turn  our  hope  to  shame. 

3  Dost  thou  not  dwell  among  the  just  ? 

And  yet  our  foes  deride, 
That  we  should  make  thy  name  our  trust ; 
Great  God,  confound  their  pride. 

4  Oh  that  the  joyful  day  were  come 

To  finish  our  distress  ! 
When  God  shall  bring  his  children  home, 
Our  songs  shall  never  cease. 
PSALM  15.     L.  M. 

The  character  of  a  Saint ;  or  the  qualifications  of  a  Christian. 

1    ^SlIJHO  shall  ascend  thy  heavenly  place, 
*  *     Great  God,  and  dwell  before  thy  face? 
The  man  that  minds  religion  now, 
And  lives  and  walks  by  faith  below : 


PSALM  XVI.  29 

2  Whose  hands  are  pure,  whose  heart  is  clean ; 

Whose  lips  still  speak  the  thing  they  mean  ; 
No  slanders  dwell  upon  his  tongue  ; 
He  hates  to  do  his  neighbour  wrong. 

3  Scarce  will  he  trust  an  ill  report, 
Nor  vent  it  to  his  neighbour's  hurt  ; 
Sinners  of  state  he  £an  despise ; 
But  saints  are  honour'd  in  his  eyes. 

4  Firm  to  his  word  he  ever  stood, 
And  always  makes  his  promise  good  ; 
Nor  dares  to  change  the  thing  he  swears, 
Whatever  pain  or  loss  he  bears. 

5  He  never  deals  in  bribing  gold, 

And  mourns  that  justice  should  be  sold  : 
While  others  scorn  and  wrong  the  poor,, 
Sweet  charity  attends  his  door. 

6  He  loves  his  enemies,  and  prays 

For  those  that  curse  him  to  his  face  ; 
And  doth  to  all  men  still  the  same 
That  he  would  hope  or  wish  from  them. 

7  Yet  when  his  holiest  works  are  done, 
His  soul  depends  on  grace  alone  ; 
This  is  the  man  thy  face  shall  see, 
And  dwell  forever,  Lord,  with  thee. 

PSALM  16.     First  Part:     L.   M. 
Confession  qf^our  poverty  ;  and  Saints  the  best  company. 

J    ^RESERVE  me,  Lord,  in  time  of  need, 
JL       For  succour  to  thy  throne  I  flee, 
Bat  have  no  merits  there  to  plead  ; 
My  goodness  cannot  reach  to  thee. 

2  Oft  have  my  heart  and  tongue  confess'd, 
How  empty  and  how  poor  1  am  ; 

My  praise  can  never  make  thee  blest, 
Nor  add  new  glories  to  thy  name. 

3  Yet,  Lord,  thy  saints  on  earth  may  reap 
Some  profit  by  the  good  we  do ; 

3* 


30  PSALM  XVI. 

These  are  the  company  1  keep, 
These  are  the  choicest  friends  I  know. 
4  Let  others  choose  the  sons  of  mirth 
To  give  a  relish  to  their  wine ; 
I  love  the  men  of  heavenly  birth, 
Whose  thoughts  and  language  are  divine. 
PSALM  16.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Th e  suffic iency  of  Christ. 

*   J-T^^  ^as^  *ne*r  guu,t  and  sorrows  rise 
-■--■•    Who  haste  to  seek  some  idol-god  ! 
twill  not  taste  their  sacrifice, 
Their  offerings  of  forbidden  blood. 

2  My  God  provides  a  richer  cup, 
And  nobler  food  to  live  upon  ; 
He  for  my  life  hath  offer'd  up 
Jesus,  his  best  beloved  Son. 

3  His  love  is  my  perpetual  feast ; 

By  day  his  counsels  guide  me  right : 
And  be  his  name  forever  blest, 
Who  gives  me  sweet  advice  by  night. 

4  I  set  him  still  before  mine  eyes  ; 

At  my  right  hand  he  stands  prepar'd 
To  keep  my  soul  from  all  surprise, 
And  be  my  everlasting  guard. 

PSALM   16.        Third  Part.     L.   M. 
Support  in  death,  and  hope  of  the  resurrectio?i. 

1  TTI^HEN  God  is  nigh,  my  faith  is  strong, 

▼  ▼       His  arm  is  my  almighty  prop  : 
Be  glad  my  heart,  rejoice  my  tongue, 
My  dying  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope. 

2  Though  in  the  dust  I  lay  my  head, 
Yet,  gracious  God,  thou  wilt  not  leave 
My  soul  forever  with  the  dead. 

For  Christ  hath  triunph'd  o'er  the  grave. 

3  My  flesh  shall  thy  first  call  obey, 
Shake  off  the  dust  and  rise  on  high  ; 


PSALM  XV J,  XVII.  31 

Then  slialt  thou  lead  the  wond'rous  way, 
Up  to  thy  throne  above  the  sky.  4 

There  streams  of  endless  pleasure  flow; 
And  full  discov'ries  of  thy  grace 
(Which  we  but  tasted  here  below) 
Spread  heavenly  joys  through  all  the  place. 
PSALM  16.     Fourth  Part,     CM. 
Divine  goodness  and  counsel. 

SAVE  me,  O  Lord,  from  every  foe  : 
In  thee  my  trust  I  place, 
Though  all  the  good  that  I  can  do 

Can  ne'er  deserve  thy  grace. 
Yet,  here,  thy  children  to  sustain 

Shall  be  my  lov'd  employ  ; 
Thy  children,  first  and  best  of  men, 
My  friends,  my  highest  joy. 

Let  heathens  to  their  idols  haste, 

And  worship  wood  or  stone  ; 
But  my  delightful  lot  is  cast 

Where  the  true  God  is  known. 

The  Lord  provides  my  constant  food, 

He  fills  my  daily  cup  ; 
Much  am  I  pleas'd  with  present  good, 

And  more  rejoice  in  hope. 

God  is  my  portion  and  my  joy, 

His  counsels  are  my  light : 
He  gives  me  sweet  advice  by  day 

And  gentle  hints  by  night. 

My  soul  would  all  her  thoughts  approve 

To  Liis  all-seeing  eye  : 
Nor  death  nor  hell  my  hopes  shall  move 

While  such  a  friend  is  nigh. 

PSALM  17.     First  Part     S.  M. 
.    The  portion  of  Saints  and  Sinners. 

ARISE,  my  gracious  God, 
And  make  the  wicked  flee  ; 


32  PSALM  XVII. 

They  are  but  thy  chastising  rod, 
To  drive  thy  saints  to  thee, 

2  Behold,  the  sinner  dies, 

His  haughty  words  are  vain  ; 
Here  in  this  life  his  pleasure  lies, 
And  all  beyond  is  pain. 

3  Then  let  his  pride  advance, 
And  boast  of  all  his  store  ; 

The  Lord  is  my  inheritance, 
My  soul  can  wish  no  more. 

4  I  shall  behold  the  face 
Of  my  forgiving  God  ; 

And  stand  complete  in  righteousness, 
Wash'd  in  my  Saviour's  blood. 

5  There's  a  new  heaven  begun 
When  I  awake  from  death, 

Drest  in  the  likeness  of  thy  Son, 
And  draw  immortal  breath. 

PSALM   17.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  hope  and  heaven  of  believers. 

1  T   ORD,  1  am  thine  ;  but  thou  will  prove 

"^  My  faith,  my  patience,  and  my  love  : 
When  men  of  spite  against  me  join, 
They  are  the  sword,  the  hand  is  thine. 

2  Their  hope  and  portion  lie  below, 
'Tis  all  the  happiness  they  know  ; 

'Tis  all  they  seek  ;  they  take  their  shares: 
And  leave  the  rest  among  their  heirs. 

3  What  sinners  value  I  resign  ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine ; 
I  shall  behold  thy  blissful  face, 

And  stand  complete  in  righteousness. 

4  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show  ; 
But  the  bright  world  to  which  I  go, 
Hath  joys  substantial  and  sincere  ; 
When  shall  I  wake  and  find  me  there  ? 


PSALM  VIII.  33 

5  O  glorious  hour  !  O  blest  abode  I 
I  shall  be  near  and  like  my  God  ! 
And  flesh  and  sin  no  more  control 
The  sacred  pleasures  of  the  soul. 

6  My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground, 
'Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  surpri  se 
And  in  my  saviour's  image  rise. 

PSALM   13.     First  Part     L.  M. 
Deliverancejrom  despair. 

1  rpHEE  wall  I  love,  O  Lord,  my  strength, 
A    My  rock,  my  tower,  my  high  defence  ; 

Thy  mighty  arm  shall  be  my  trust, 
For  I  have  found  salvation  thence. 

2  Death,  and  the  terrors  of  the  grave, 
Stood  round  me  with  their  dismal  shade  ; 
While  floods  of  high  temptations  rose, 
And  made  my  sinking  soul  afraid. 

3  I  saw  the  opening  gates  of  hell 
With  endless  pain  and  sorrows  there, 
Which  none  but  they  that  feel,  can  tell, 

While  I  was  hurried  to  despair. 
3  In  my  distress  I  call'd  my  God, 
When  I  could  scarce  believe  him  mine  ; 
He  bow'd  his  ear  to  my  complaint ; 
Then  did  his  grace  appear  divine. 

5  With  speed  he  flew  to  my  relief, 
As  on  a  cherub's  wing  he  rode  ; 
Awful  and  bright  as  lightning  shone 
The  face  of  my  deliverer,  God. 

6  Temptations  fled  at  his  rebuke, 
The  blast  of  his  almighty  breath  ; 
He  sent  salvation  from  on  high, 

And  drew  me  from  the  depths  of  death. 

7  Great  were  my  fears,  my  foes  were  great, 
Much  was  their  strength,  and  more  their  rage.; 


34  PSALM  XVIII. 

But  Christ,  my  Lord,  is  conqueror  still, 
In  all  the  wars  that  devils  wage. 
8  My  song  forever  shall  record 
That  terrible,  that  joyful  hour  : 
And  give  the  glory  to  the  Lord 
Due  to  his  mercy  and  his  power. 

PSALM    18.     Second  Part.     L.   M. 
Christian  Sincerity. 

1  I "  ORD,  thou  hast  formed  my  soul  sincere, 
-"  Hast  made  thy  truth  and  love  appear  ; 
Before  mine  eyes  I  set  thy  laws, 

And  thou  hast  own'd  my  righteous  cause. 

2  Since  I  have  learned  thy  holy  ways, 
I've  walk'd  upright  before  thy  face  : 
And  if  my  feet  from  thee  depart, 

It  grieves  my  soul,  it  wounds  my  heart. 

3  What  sore  temptations  broke  my  rest! 
What  wars  and  strugglings  in  my  breast ! 
But,  through  thy  grace  that  reigns  within, 
I  guard  against  my  darling  sin. 

4  The  sin  that  close  besets  me  still, 
That  works  and  strives  against  my  will  ; 
W7hen  shall  thy  Spirit's  sovereign  power 
Destroy  it,  that  it  rise  no  more  f 

5  With  an  impartial  hand,  the  Lord 
Deals  out  to  mortals  their  reward  : 
The  kind  and  faithful  soul  shall  find 
A  God  as  faithful  and  as  kind. 

6  The  just  and  pure  shall  ever  say, 

Thou  art  more  pure,  more  just  than  they  : 
And  men  that  love  revenge  shall  know 
God  hath  an  arm  of  vengeance  too. 

PSALM   18.     Third  Part,     L.  M. 

Rejoicing  in  God  our  Saviour. 

UST  are  thy  ways,  and  true  thy  word, 
Great  Rock  of  my  secure  abode : 
Who  is  a  God  beside  the  Lord  ? 
Or  where's  a  refuge  like  our  God  ? 


j 


PSALM  XVIII.  35 

2  'Tis  he  that  girds  me  with  his  might, 
Gives  me  his  holy  sword  to  wield ; 
And  while  with  sin  and  hell  1  fight, 
Spreads  his  salvation  for  my  shield. 

3  He  lives,  (and  blessed  be  my  Rock) 
The  God  of  my  salvation  lives  ; 
The  dark  designs  of  hell  he  broke  : 
Sweet  is  the  peace  my  Saviour  gives. 

4  Before  the  scoffers  of  the  age 

I  will  exalt  my  Saviour's  name  ; 
Nor  tremble  at  their  mighty  rage, 
But  meet  reproach  and  bear  the  shame. 

PSALM   J  8.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Victory  over  temporal  enemies. 

1  \^E  love  thee,  Lord,  and  we  adore ; 

▼  ▼       Now  is  thine  arm  reveaPd  ; 
Thou  art  our  strength,  our  heavenly  tower3 
Our  bulwark  and  our  shield. 

2  We  fly  to  our  eternal  rock, 

And  find  a  sure  defence  ; 
His  holy  name  our  lips  invoke, 
And  draw  salvation  thence. 

3  When  God  our  leader  shines  in  arms 

What  mortal  heart  can  bear 

The  thunder  of  his  loud  alarms  ! 

The  lightning  of  his  spear  ? 

4  He  rides  upon  the  winged  wind, 

And  angels  in  array, 
In  millions  wait  to  know  his  mind, 
And  swift  as  flames  obey. 

5  He  speaks,  and  at  his  fierce  rebuke 

Whole  armies  are  dismay'd  ; 
His  voice,  his  frown,  his  angry  look 
Strikes  all  their  courage  dead. 

6  He  forms  our  generals  for  the  field, 

With  all  their  dreadful  skill ; 


36  PSALM  XVIII. 

Gives  them  his  awful  sword  to  wield, 
And  makes  their  hearts  of  steel. 

7  He  arms  our  captains  to  the  fight, 

(Though  there  his  name's  forgot) 
He  girded  Cyrus  with  his  might, 
When  Cyrus  knew  him  not. 

8  Oft  has  the  Lord  whole  nations  blest 

For  his  own  children's  sake  ; 
The  powers  that  give  his  people  rest 
Shall  of  his  care  partake. 

PSALM  18.     Fifth  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Conqueror'' s  Song. 

1  F210  thine  almighty  arm  we  owe 

-*-    The  triumphs  of  the  day  ; 
Thy  terrors,  Lord,  confound  the  foe, 
And  melt  their  strength  away. 

2  'Tis  by  thine  aid  our  troops  prevail, 

And  break  united  powers  : 
Or  burn  their  boasted  fleets,  or  scale 
The  proudest  of  their  towers. 

3  How  have  we  chas'd  them  through  the  field, 

And  trod  them  to  the  ground  ; 
While  thy  salvation  was  our  shield, 
And  they  no  shelter  found  ! 

4  In  vain  to  idol  saints  they  cry, 

And  perish  in  their  blood  ; 
Where  is  a  rock  so  great,  so  high, 
So  pow'rful  as  our  God  ? 
j  The  Rock  of  Israel  ever  lives, 
His  name  be  ever  blest; 
'Tis  his  own  arm  the  victory  gives, 
He  gives  his  people  rest. 

PSALM  18.     Sixth  Part.     P.  M. 
Thanksgiving  applied  to  the  American  Revolution. 

O  bless  the  Lord  our  God  in  strains  divine; 
With  thankful  hearts,  and  raptur'd  voices 
join: 


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PSALM  XVIII.  37 

To  us  what  wonders  his  right  hand  hath 
shown !  [known  ! 

Mercies  his  chosen  tribes  have  scarcely 
Like  David  blest,  begin  th'  enraptur'd  song ; 
Let  praise  and  joy  awaken  every  tongue. 

2  When,  fired  to  rage,  against  our  nation  rose 
Chiefs  of  proud  name,  and  bands  of  haughty 

foes ;  [ray'd, 

He  train'd  our  hosts  to  fight,  with  arms  ar- 
With  health  invigor'd,  and  with  bounty  fed, 
Gave  us  his  chosen  chief  our  sons  to  guide ; 
Heard e  v'ry pray 'r,  and e  v'ry want* supply 'd. 

3  He  gave  their  armies  captive  to  our  hands, 
Or  sent  them  frustrate  to  their  native  lands  : 
Burst  the  dark  snare,  diselo's'd  the  miry  pit, 
And  led  to  broad,  safe  grounds  our  sliding 

feet : 
Bounteous,  for  us  extended  regions  won, 
The  fairest  empire  spread  beneath  the  sun. 
1  When  dark  and  threat'ning  civil  broils  arose. 
Each  hope  grew  dim  and  friends  were  chang'd 

to  foes ;  [shield  : 

God  was  our  stay,  our  help,  our  heavenly 
His  grace  preserved  us,  and  his  arm  upheld, 
Sav'd  ns  from  tumults  dire,  and  deep  distress, 
Enlarg'd  our  blessings,  and  confirm'd  our 

peace. 

5  No  more  against  our  land  shall  strangers  rise, 
But  fade,  and  fade,  beneath  avenging  skies  : 
Pleas'd,  the  fierce  heathen  yield  to  happier 

sway; 
The  groping  savage  hail  the  gospel  day ; 
Low  sink  the  proud,  the  sons  of  blood  be 

slain, 
Nor  injurd  Zion  IJft  her  cries  in  vain. 

6  But,  O  thou  pow'r  belov'd !  our  shores  around 
Be  every  virtue,  everv  blessing  found, 

4 


33  PSALM  XIX. 

Here  bid  thy  seasons  crown  the  fruitful  plain, 
Here  bid  fair  peace  extend  her  blissful  reign; 
Let  laws,  let  justice  hold  perpetual  sway, 
The  soul  unfetter'd,and  the  conscience  free. 
7  With  clearest  splendour,  here,   let  know- 
ledge shine ; 
Here  every  glory  beam  from  truth  divine  ; 
To  Jesus'  call  the  soul  obsequious  bend; 
Graeefrom  thy  Spirit  in  rich  showers  descend; 
Nations  each  day  ascend  the  bright  abode, 
And  boundless  praise  unceasing  rise  to  God, 

PSALM   19.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
The  book  of  nature  and  scripture. 

l"OEHi»LD  !  the  lofty  sky 
-■^  Declare  its  maker  God, 
And  all  his  slurry  works  on  high 
Proclaim  his  power  abroad. 

2  The  darkness  and  the  light 

Still  keep  their  course  the  same  ; 
While  night  to  day,  and  day  to  night, 
Divinely  teach  his  name. 

3  In  every  difTrent  land 
Their  general  voice  is  known  ; 

They  show  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
And  orders  of  his  throne. 

4  Ye  Western  lands,  rejoice, 
Here  he  reveals  his  word  : 

We  are  not  left  to  nature's  voice 
To  bid  us  know  the  Lord. 

5  His  statutes  and  commands 
Are  set  before  our  eyes  ; 

He  puts  his  gospel  in  our  hands, 
Where  our  salvation  lies. 

6  His  laws  are  just  and  pure, 
His  truth  without  deceit, 

His  promises  for  ever  sure. 

And  his  rewards  are  great. 


PSALM  XIXr  30 

7  Not  honey  to  the  taste 
Affords  so  much  delight  ; 

Nor  gold  that  has  the  furnace  pass'd 
So  much  aJ lures  the  sight. 

8  While  of  thy  works  I  sing, 
Thy  glory  to  proclaim  ; 

Accept  the  praise,  my  God,  my  King, 
In  my  Redeemer's  name. 

PSALM   19.  Second  Part.     S.  M. 
The  word  of  God  most  excellent. 

1  "OEHOLD  !  the  morning  sun 
-f  Begins  his  glorious  way  : 

His  beams  through  all  the  nations  run, 
And  life  and  light  convey. 

2  But  where  the  gospel  comes, 
It  spreads  diviner  light ; 

It  calls  dead  sinners  from  their  tombs, 
And  gives  the  blind  their  sight. 

3  How  perfect  is  thy  word  ! 
And  all  thy  judgments  just ; 

For  ever  sure,  thy  promise,  Lord> 
And  men  securely  trust. 

4  My  gracious  God,  how  plain 
Are  thy  directions  given ! 

Oh  may  I  never  read  in  Vain, 
But  find  the  path  to  heaven  ! 

5  I  hear  thy  word  with  love, 
And  I  would  fain  obey  : 

Send  thy  good  Spirit  from  above. 
To  guide  me,  lest  I  stray. 

6  O  who  can  ever  find 
The  errors  of  his  ways  ? 

Yet  with  a  bold  presumptuous  mind, 
1  would  not  dare  transgress. 

y  Warn  me  of  every  sin, 
Forgive  my  secret  faults  ; 
And  cleanse  this  guilty  soul  of  mine, 
Whose  crimes  exceed  my  thoughts. 


40  PSALM  XIX. 

8  While  with  my  heart  and  tongue 
I  spread \hy  praise  abroad; 
Accept  the  worship  and  the  song, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

PSALM   19.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
TJie  book  of  nature  and  scripture  compared. 

1  fipHE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord, 

-■-    In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word, 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

2  The  rolling  sun,  the  changing  light, 
And  nights  and  days  thy  power  confess  ; 
But  the  blest  volume  thou  hast  writ, 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  grace. 

3  Sun,  moon  and  stars  convey  thy  praise, 
Round  the  whole  earth  and  never  stand : 
So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 

It  touch'd  and  glanc'd  on  every  land. 

4  Nor  shall  thy  spreading  gospel  rest, 

'Till  through  the  world  thy  truth  has  run  ; 
'Till  Christ  has  all  the  nations  blest 
That  see  the  light,  or  feel  the  sun. 
*i  Great  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise  ; 

Bless  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  lights 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise, 
Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

6  Thy  noblest  wonders  here  we  view, 
In  souls  renew'd  and  sins  forgiven  ; 
Lord,  cleanse  my  sins,  my  soul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  heaven. 

PSALM  19.     Fourth  Part.     P.  M. 
The  Gospel. 

1     j"  LOVE  the  volumes  of  thy  word  ; 
-*-  What  light  and  joy  those  leaves  afford 

To  souls  benighted  and  distrest ! 
Thy  precepts  guide  my  doubtful  way, 
Thy  fear  forbids  my  feet  to  stray, 

Thy  promise  leads  my  heart  to  rest. 


PSALM  XX.  41 

2  From  the  discoveries  of  thy  law 
The  perfect  rules  of  life  I  draw  ; 

These  are  my  study  and  delight  : 
Not  honey  so  invites  the  taste, 
Nor  gold  that  hath  the  furnace  past, 

Appears  so  pleasing  to  the  sight. 

3  Thy  threat'nings  wake  my  slumb'ring  eyes. 
And  warn  me  where  my  danger  lies  ; 

But  'tis  thy  blessed  gospel,  Lord, 
That  makes  my  guilty  conscience  clean* 
Converts  my  soul,  subdues  my  sin, 

And  gives  a  free,  but  large  reward. 

4  Who  knows  the  errors  of  his  thoughts  ? 
My  God,  forgive  my  secret  faults, 

And  from  presumptuous  sins  restrain 
Accept  my  poor  attempts  of  praise, 
That  I  have  read  thy  book  of  grace, 
And  book  of  nature,  not  in  vain. 
PSALM  20.     L.  M, 
Prayer  in  time  of  war. 

1  I^TOW  may  the  God  of  power  and  grace 
«*-^      Attend  his  people's  humble  cry  ! 
Jehovah  hears  when  Israel  prays, 

And  brings  deliv'rance  from  on  high. 

2  The  name  of  Jacob's  God  defends, 
Better  than  shields  or  brazen  walls  : 
He  from  his  sanctuary  sends 
Succour  and  strength  when  Zion  calls- 

3  Well  he  remembers  all  our  sighs, 
His  love  exceeds  our  best  deserts  : 
His  love  accepts  the  sacrifice 

Of  humble  groans  and  broken  hearts. 

4  In  his  salvation  is  our  hope, 
And  in  the  name  of  Israel's  God, 
Our  troops  shall  lift  their  banners  up ; 
Our  navies  spread  their  flags  abroad, 

4^ 


42  FSALM  XXL 

5  Some  trust  in  horses  train'd  for  war, 
And  some  of  chariots  make  their  boasts  ^ 
Our  surest  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hosts. 

6  Oh  may  the  memory  of  thy  name 
Inspire  our  armies  for  the  fight  ! 
Our  foes  shall  fall  and  die  with  shame, 
Or  quit  the  field  with  shameful  flight. 

7  Now  save  us,  Lord,  from  slavish  fear ; 
Now  let  our  hope  be  firm  and  strong  ; 
'Till  thy  salvation  shall  appear, 

And  joy  and  triumph  raise  the  song. 

PSALM  21.     First  Part.     CM. 
Pious  riders  arc  the  care  of  heaven. 

1  /^UR  rulers,  Lord,  with  songs  of  praise 
^-^     Should  in  thy  strength  rejoice  ; 
And  blest  with  thy  salvation,  raise 

To  heaven  their  cheerful  voice. 

2  Thy  sure  defence  through  nations  round 

Has  spread  their  honours  far  ; 
And  their  successful  measures  crown'd 
Alike  in  peace  and  war. 

3  Then  let  them  still  on  God  rely 

For  wisdom,  and  for  grace  ; 
His  mercy  shall  their  wants  supply, 
And  save  our  happy  race. 

PSALM  21.     Second  Part.     CM. 
A  song  of  praise  for  peace  and  national  blessings. 

1  ¥N  thee,  great  God,  with  songs  of  praise. 
•■-     Our  favour'd  realms  rejoice  ; 

And  blest  with  thy  salvation,  raise 
To  heaven  their  cheerful  voice. 

2  Thy  sure  defence,,  from  foes  around, 

Hath  spread  our  rising  name, 

\nd  all  our  feeble  efforts  crown'd 

With  freedom  and  with  fame* 


I 


PSALM  XXI.  43 

In  deep  distress  our  injur'd  land 

Implor'd  thy  power  to  save ; 
For  peace  we  pray'd ;  thy  bounteous  hand 

The  timely  blessing  gave. 

Thy  mighty  arm,  eternal  power, 

Oppos'd  their  deadly  aim; 
In  mercy  swept  them  from  our  shore, 

And  spread  their  sails  with  shame. 
On  thee,  in  want,  in  woe,  or  pain, 

Our  hearts  alone  rely  ; 
Our  rights  thy  mercy  will  maintain, 

And  all  our  wants  supply. 

Thus,  Lord,  thy  wond'rous  power  declare, 

And  still  exalt  thy  fame ; 
While  we  glad  songs  of  praise  prepare 
To  thine  almighty  name. 

PSALM  21.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Christ  exalted  to  the  kingdom. 

DAVID  rejoic'd  in  God  his  strength, 
Rais'd  to  the  throne  by  special  grace ; 
But  Christ,  the  Son  appears  at  length, 
Fulfils  the  triumph  and  the  praise. 
How  great  is  the  Messiah's  joy 
In  the  salvation  of  thy  hand? 
Lord,  thou  hast  rais'd  his  kingdom  high. 
And  giv'n  the  world  to  his  command. 
Whate'er  he  wills  thy  goodness  gives, 
Nor  doth  the  least  request  withhold ; 
Blessings  attend  him  while  he  lives, 
And  crowns  of  glory,  not  of  gold. 

Around  his  sacred  temples  shine 
Th'  Eternal's  uncreated  rays ; 
All  power  is  his,  and  grace  divine, 
And  length  of  everlasting  days. 
But  as  a  fiery  oven  glows 
With  raging  heat,  and  burning  coals, 


44  PSALM  XXII. 

Thy  vengeance  shall  consume  his  foes ; 
Thy  wrath  devour  their  guilty  souls. 

PSALM  22.     First  Part.     C.  M. 

Christ  forsaken  on  the  Cross. 

1  Tl/JY"  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  left 
J-"   My  soul  without  relief! 

Of  thy  blest  smiles  to  be  bereft, 
Exceeds  all  other  grief. 

2  But  thou  art  holy,  O  my  God, 

And  wilt  not  spare  thy  Son  : 
As  Saviour,  he  must  bear  the  load. 
And  taste  the  curse  alone* 

3  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thy  name, 

And  great  deliv 'ranee  found  ;• 
But  I'm  a  worm  despis'd  of  men, 
And  trodden  to  the  ground. 

4  Shaking  the  head,  they  pass  me  by, 

And  laugh  my  soul  to  scorn  ; 
"  In  vain  he  trusts  in  God,"  they  cry, 
"  Neglected  and  forlorn." 

5  Yet  thou  art  he  who  form'd  my  flesh, 

By  thine  almighty  word, 
And  since  I  hung  upon  the  breast, 
My  hope  is  in  the  Lord. 

6  My  God,  if  possible  it  be, 

Withhold  this  bitter  cup : 
But  I  resign  my  will  to  thee, 
And  drink  the  sorrows  up. 

7  My  heart  dissolves  with  pangs  unknown 

In  groans  I  waste  my  breath  : 
Thy  heavy  hand  hath  brought  me  down 
Low  as  the  dust  of  death. 

8  Father,  I  give  my  spirit  up, 

And  trust  it  in  thine  hand  ; 
My  dying  flesh  shall  rest  in  hope,. 
And  rise  at  thy  command. 


PSALM  XXII.  45 

PSALM  22.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Christ  crucified. 

1  "WKTIilTHING  in  pain,  our  Saviour  pray'd 

▼  »     With  mighty  cries  and  tears  ; 
fiv  that  dread  hour,  his  father  heard, 
And  chasV!  away  his  fears. 

2  Great  was  the  vict'ry  of  his  death ; 

His  throne  exalted  high  : 
And  all  the  kindreds  of  the  earth 
Shall  wrorship  or  shall  die. 

3  A  numerous  offspring  must  arise 

From  his  expiring  groans  ; 
They  shall  be  reckoned  in  his  eyes 
For  daughters  and  for  sons. 

4  The  meek  and  humble  souls  shall  see 

His  table  richly  spread ; 
And  all  that  seek  the  Lord,  shall  be 
With  joys  immortal  fed. 

5  The  isles  shall  know  the  righteousness  ; 

Of  our  incarnate  God ; 
And  nations  yet  unborn  profess 
Salvation  in  his  blood. 

PSALM  22.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  sufferings  and  glory  of  Christ. 

1  TVTOW  let  our  mournful  songs  record 
-^    The  dying  sorrows  of  our  Lord  ; 
When  he  complain'd  in  tears  and  blood , 
As  one  forsaken  of  his  God. 

2  The  Jews  beheld  him  thus  forlorn, 

And  shook  their  heads  and  laugh'd  in  scorn ; 
"  Hea*escu'd  others  from  the  grave, 
"  Now  let  him  try  himself  to  save." 

3  They  wound  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
'Till  streams  of  blood  each  other  meet ; 
By  lot  his  garments  they  divide, 

And  mock  the  pangs  in  which  he  died. 


46  PSALM  XXIII. 

4  But  God,  his  Father,  heard  his  cry  ; 

Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  reigns  on  high ; 

The  nations  learn  his  righteousness, 

And  humble  sinners  taste  his  grace. 

PSALM  23.     First  Part.     L.  M.. 

Jesus  is  my  Shepherd. 

*      f^SUS,  my  Lord,  doth  condescend, 
«    To  be  my  shepherd  and  my  friend  ; 
I  on  his  faithfulness  rely, 
His  care  shall  all  my  wants  supply. 

2  In  pastures  green  he  doth  me  lead, 
And  there  in  safety  makes  me  feed; 
Refreshing  streams  are  ever  nigh, 
My  thirsty  soul  to  satisfy. 

3  When  stray'd,  or  languid,  I  complain, 
His  grace  revives  my  soul  again; 
For  his  name's  sake,  in  ways  upright, 
He  makes  me  walk  with  great  delight. 

4  Yea,  when  death's  gloomy  vale  I  tread* 
With  joy,  ev'n  there,  I'll  lift  my  head  ; 
From  fear  and  dread  he'll  keep  me  free. 
His  rod  and  staff  shall  comfort  me. 

5  A  table  stor'd  with  living  bread, 

In  spite  of  foes,  Lord,  thou  hast  spread  ; 
Thou  dost  my  head  with  oil  anoint, 
And  a  full  cup  for  me  appoint. 

6  Goodness  and  mercy  shall  to  me, 
Through  all  my  life  extended  be  ; 
And  when  my  pilgrimage  is  o'er, 
I'll  dwell  with  thee  for  evermore. 

PSALM  23.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
I  shall  not  want. 

1     ¥  ESUS  my  Shepherd  lives, 
"    Jehovah  is  his  name  : 
Since  he  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
I  shall  not -suffer  shame. 


PSALM  XXIV.  47 

2  He  leads  me  to  the  place 
Where  heavenly  pasture  grows, 

Where  living  waters  gently  puss, 
And  full  salvation  flows. 

3  If  e'er  I  go  astray, 

He  doth  my  soul  reclaim, 
And  guides  me  in  his  own  right  way, 
For  his  most  holy  ?iame. 

4  While,  he  affords  his  aid, 
I  cannot  want  or  fear: 

Tho'I  should  walk  through  death's  dark  shade,, 
My  shepherd's  with  me  there. 

5  In  spite  of  all  my  foes 
Thou  dost  my  table  spread  ; 

My  cup  with  blessings  overflows, 
And  joy  exalts  my  he*ad. 

6  The  bounties  of  thy  love 

Shall  crown  my  following  days; 
Nor  from  thy  house  will  I  remove, 
Nor  cease  to  speak  thy  praise. 

PSALM  24.  L.  M. 

The  heavenly  mansions  and  ascension  of  Christ. 

1FT1HIS  spacious  earth  is  all  the  Lord's, 
-*-  Andm^n  and  worms,  and  beasts  and  birds : 
He  rais'd  the  building  on  the  seas, 
And  gave  it  for  their  dwelling  place. 

2  But  there's  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Thy  palace,  Lord,  above  the  sky ; 
Who  shall  ascend  that  blest  abode, 
And  dwell  so  near  his  Maker,  God? 

3  He  that  abhors  and  fears  to  sin, 

Whose  heart  is  pure,  whose  hands  are  clean ; 
Him  shall  the  Lord  the  Saviour  bless, 
And  clothe  his  soul  with  righteousness. 

4  These  are  the  men,  the  pious  race, 
That  seek  the  God  of  Jacob's  face  : 


48  PSALM  XXV. 

These  shall  enjoy  the  blissful  sight, 
And  dwell  in  everlasting  light. 

5  Rejoice,  ye  shining  worlds  on  high, 
Behold  the  King;  of  glory  nigh  ! 
Who  can  this  King  of  glory  be  ? 
The  mighty  Lord,  the  Saviour's  he. 

6  Ye  heav'nly  gates,  your  leaves  display, 
To  make  the  Lord,  the  Saviour,  way: 
Laden  with  spoils  from  earth  and  hell, 
The  Conqu'ror  comes  with  God  to  dwell. 

7  Rais'd  from  the  dead,  he  goes  before, 
He  opens  heavVs  eternal  door, 

To  give  his  saints  a  blest  abode 
Near  their  Redeemer,  and  their  God 
PSALM  25.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
Waiting  for  pardon  and  direction. 

1  ¥  LIFT  my  soul  to  God, 
•■■     My  trust  is  in  his  name ; 

Let  not  my  foes  that  seek  my  blood 
Still  triumph  in  my  shame. 

2  .Sin,  and  the  pow'rs  of  hell 
Persuade  me  to  despair  : 

Lord,  make  me  know  thy  cov'nant  well, 
That  1  may  'scape  the  snare. 

3  From  the  first  dawning  light, 
'Till  thy  dark  ev'ning  rise, 

For  thy  salvation,  Lord,  I  wrait, 
With  ever  longing  eyes. 

4  Remember  all  thy  grace, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  truth  ; 

Forgive  the  sins  of  riper  days, 
And  follies  of  my  youth. 

5  The  Lord  is  just  and  kind, 
The  meek  shall  learn  his  ways ; 

And  every  humble  sinner  find 
The  blessings  of  his  grace. 


fSALM  XXV.  49 

6  For  his  own  goodness'  sake, 
He  saves  my  soul  from  shame  ; 
He  pardons  (though  my  guilt  be  great) 
Thro'  my  Redeemer's  name. 

PSALM  25.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
Divine  instruction. 

i  "mmrHERE  shall  the  man  be  found 
▼  ▼  That  fears  t'  offend  his  God  ; 
That  loves  the  gospel's  joyful  sound, 
And  trembles  at  the  rod  ? 

2  The  Lord  shall  make  him  know 
The  secrets  of  his  heart; 

The  wonders  of  his  covenant  show, 
And  all  his  love  impart. 

3  The  dealings  of  his  hand, 
Are  truth  and  mercy  still, 

With  such  as  in  his  cov'nant  stand, 
And  love  to  do  his  will. 

4  Their  souls  shall  dwell  at  ease 
Before  their  Maker's  face ; 

Their  seed  shall  taste  the  promises 
In  their  extensive  grace. 

PSALM  25.     Third  Part.     S.  M. 
Distress  of  Soul. 

1  TMftNE  eyes  and  my  desire 
J»"     Are  ever  to  the  Lord  ; 

I  love  to  plead  his  promises, 
And  rest  upon  his  word. 

2  Turn,  turn  thee  to  my  soul  ; 
Bring  thy  salvation  near ; 

When  will  thy  hand  release  my  feet 
Out  of  the  deadly  snare  ? 

3  When  shall  the  so v 'reign  grace 
Of  my  forgiving  God, 

Restore  me  from  those  dangerous  ways 

My  wandering  feet  have  trod  ? 

5 


50  PSALM  XXVI. 

4  The  tumult  of  my  thought* 
Doth  but  enlarge  my  woe  ; 

My  spirit  languishes  ;  my  heart 
Is  desolate  and  low. 

5  With  every  morning  light 
My  grief  anew  begins  ; 

Look  on  my  anguish  and  my  pain, 

And  pardon  all  my  sins. 
6  Behold  the  hosts  of  hell, 

How  cruel  is  their  hate ! 
Against  my  life  they  rise  and  join 

Their  fury  with  deceit. 

7  O  keep  my  soul  from  death, 
Nor  put  my  hope  to  shame  ; 

For  I  have  plae'd  my  only  trust 
In  my  Redeemer's  name. 

8  With  humble  faith  I  wait 
To  see  thy  face  again  ; 

Of  Israel  it  shall  ne'er  be  said, 
He  sought  the  Lord  in  vain. 
PSALM  26.     L.  M. 
Self-examination  ;  or  Evidences  of  grace. 

1  T  UDGE  me,  O  Lord,  and  prove  my  ways, 
J      And  try  my  reins,  and  try  my  heart  ; 
My  faith  upon  thy  promise  stays. 

Nor  from  thy  law  my  feet  depart. 

2  I  hate  to  walk,  I  hate  to  sit 
With  men  of  vanities  and  lies  ; 
The  scoffer  and  the  hypocrite 
Are  the  abhorrence  of  mine  eyes. 

3  Among  thy  saints  will  I  appear, 
"With  hands  well  waslrd  in  innocence  ; 
But  when  I  stand  before  thy  bar, 
The  blood  of  Christ  is  my  defence. 

4  I  love  thy  habitation,  Lord, 

The  temple  where  thine  honours  dwell ; 


PSALM  XXVII.  51 

There  shall  I  hear  thy  holy  word, 
And  there  thy  works  of  wonder  tell. 
3  Let  not  my  soul  be  join'd  at  last 
With  men  of  treachery  and  blood  ; 
Since  I  my  days  on  earth  have  past 
Among  the  saints,  and  near  my  God. 

PSALM  27.     Fim  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Church  is  our  delight  and  safety. 

\    F|1HE  Lord  of  glory  is  my  light, 
-*-    And  my  salvation  too  : 
God  is  my  strength  ;  nor  will  I  fear 
What  all  my  foes  can  do. 

2  One  privilege  my  heart  desires ; 

O  grant  me  an  abode, 
Among  the  churches  of  thy  saints, 
The  temples  of  my  God  ! 

3  There  shall  I  offer  my  requests, 

And  see  thy  beauty  still ; 
Shall  hear  thy  messages  of  love, 
And  there  inquire  thy  will. 

4  When  troubles  rise,  and  storms  appear, 

There  may  his  children  hide  ; 
God  has  a  strong  pavilion,  where 
He  makes  my  soul  abide. 

5  Now  shall  my  head  be  lifted  high 

Above  my  foes  around, 
And  songs  of  joy  and  victory 
Within  thy  temple  sound. 

PSALM  27.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Prayer  and  Hope. 

1  COON  as  I  heard  my  Father  say, 
►^  "  Ye  children,  seek  my  grace  ;" 
My  heart  replied  without  delay, 

"I'll  seek  my  Fathers  face." 

2  Let  not  thy  face  be  hid  from  me. 

Nor  frown  mv  soul  away  ; 


52  PSALM  XXVI1L 

God  of  my  life,  I  fly  to  thee 
In  a  distressing  day. 

3  Should  friends  and  kindred  near  and  dear 

Leave  me  to  want  or  die ; 
My  God  would  make  my  life  his  care, 
And  all  my  need  supply. 

4  My  fainting  flesh  had  died  with  grief, 

Had  not  my  soul  believ'd 
Thy  grace  would  soon  provide  relief: 
Nor  was  my  hope  deceiv'd. 

5  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  trembling  saints, 

And  keep  your  courage  up ; 
He'll  raise  your  spirit  when  it  faints, 
And  far  exceed  your  hope. 

PSALM  28.     L.  M.    x 

Prayer  and  praise,  for  deliverance  from  Enemies. 

1  f\  GOD  of  grace,  my  cry  attend! 
^-^  Lest  like  the  sons  of  guilt  become, 
Beguil'd  by  Satan,  I  descend 

"With  hopeless  wretches  to  the  tomb. 

2  To  thee  my  humble  sighs  arise : 
With  lifted  hands  on  thee  I  call ; 

Lord,  hear  my  fervent  prayers  and  cries, 
Nor  leave  me  in  despair  to  fall. 

3  Oh  save  my  soul  from  shame  and  sin ; 
Nor  let  my  heedless  footsteps  go 
Where  harden'd  wretches  swift  decline 
Down  the  broad  way  to  endless  woe. 

4  While  peace  their  flattering  lips  proclaim, 
And  love  profess,  and  hope  impart, 
They  blast  their  neighbour's  honest  fame, 
And  wing  their  arrows  to  his  heart. 

5  But,  while  they  plant  the  secret  snare, 
Thy  searching  eyes  their  path  regard  ; 
Thy  hands  their  dreadful  doom  prepare, 
And  mete  their  guilt  its  just  reward. 


PSALM  XXIX.  53 

6  Because  their  hearts  thy  works  despise, 
Thy  works  of  wisdom,  grace,  and  power  ; 
Thy  hand  regardless  of  their  cries, 
Shall  sink  them,  that  they  rise  no  more. 

7  Blest  be  the  Lord,  who  heard  my  prayer  ; 
The  Lord  my  shield,  my  help,  my  song, 
Who  sav'd  my  soul  from  sin  and  fear, 
And  tun'd  with  praise  my  thankful  tongue. 

8  In  the  dark  hour  of  deep  distress, 
By  foes  beset,  of  death  afraid  ; 
My  spirit  trusted  in  his  grace, 

And  sought,  and  found,  his  heavenly  aid. 

9  O  blest  Redeemer,  great  and  kind  ! 
Thy  shield,  thy  saving  strength,  shall  be 
The  shield,  the  strength,  of  every  mind 
That  loves  thy  name,  and  trusts  in  thee. 

10  Remember,  Lord,  thy  chosen  seed  ; 
Israel  defend  from  guilt  and  woe ; 
Thy  flock  in  richest  pastures  feed, 
And  guard  their  steps  from  every  foe. 

11  Zion  exalt,  her  cause  maintain, 

With  peace  and  joy  her  courts  surround  ; 
In  showers  let  endless  blessings  rain, 
And  saints  eternal  praise  resound, 

PSALM  29.     L.  M. 

Storm  and  thunder. 

1  OIVE  to  the  Lord,  ye  sons  of  fame, 
^L*   Give  to  the  Lord  renown  and  pow'r ; 
Ascribe  due  honours  to  his  name, 

And  his  eternal  might  adore. 

2  The  Lord  proclaims  his  pow'r  aloud, 
Upon  the  ocean  and  the  land ; 

His  voice  divides  the  wat'ry  cloud, 
And  lightnings  blaze  at  his  command. 

3  He  speaks,  and  tempest,  hail  and  wind, 
Lay  the  wide  forest  bare  around  ; 


54  PSALM  XXX. 

The  fearful  hart,  and  frighted  hind, 
Leap  at  the  terror  of  the  sound. 

4  To  Lebanon  he  turns  his  voice, 
And  lo,  the  stately  cedars  break  ; 
The  mountains  tremble  at  the  noise. 
The  rallies  roar,  the  desarts  quake. 

f)  The  Lord  sits  sovereign  on  the  flood, 
The  Thund'rer  reigns  for  ever  king  ; 
But  makes  his  church  his  blest  abode, 
Where  we  his  awful  glories  sing. 

6  In  gentler  language  there  the  Lord 
The  counsels  of  his  'grace  imparts  : 
Amid  the  raging  storm,  his  word 
Speaks  peace  and  courage  to  our  hearts. 

PSALM  30.     L.  M. 

Sickness  healed. 

1  T  WILL  extol  thee,  Lord,  on  high, 
-B-  At  thy  command  diseases  fly  ; 
Who  but  a  God  can  speak,  and  save 
From  the  dark  borders  of  the  grave  ? 

2  Sjng  to  the  Lord,  ye  saints  of  his, 
And  tell  how  large  his  goodness  is  ; 
Let  all  your  powers  rejoice  and  bless, 
W7hile  you  record  his  holiness. 

3  His  anger  but  a  moment  stays ; 
His  love  is  life  and  length  of  days  ; 
Though  grief  and  tears  the  night  employ, 
The  morning-star  restores  the  joy. 

4  Firm  was  my  health,  my  day  was  bright, 
And  I  presum'd  'twould  ne'er  be  night ; 
Fondly  I  said  within  my  heart, 
"Pleasure  and  peace  shall  ne'er  depart." 

5  But  I  forgot  thine  arm  was  strong, 
Which  made  my  mountain  stand  so  long  ; 
Soon  as  thy  face  began  to  hide, 

My  health  was  gone,  my  comforts  died. 


PSALM  XXXI.  55 

6  I  cried  aloud  to  thee,  my  God  : 

"  What  canst  thou  profit  by  my  blood  ? 

"  Deep  in  the  dust  can  I  declare 

"  Thy  truth,  or  sing  thy  glories  there  ? 

7  "  Hear  me,    O  God  of  grace,"  I  said, 

"  And  bring  me  from  among  the  dead  ;" 
Thy  word  rebuk'd  the  pains  I  felt, 
Thy  pardoning  love  remov'd  my  guilt. 

8  My  groans,  and  tears,  and  forms  of  woe, 
Are  turn'd  to  joy  and  praises  nowr  ; 

I  throw  my  sackcloth  on  the  ground, 
And  ease  and  gladness  gird  me  round. 

9  My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Shall  ne'er  be  silent  of  thy  name  ; 
Thypraise  shall  sound  thro'  earth  and  heav'n, 
For  sickness  heal'd  and  sins  forgiven. 

PSALM  31.     First  Part.     C.   M. 
Deliverance  from  death. 

1  FNTO  thy  hand,  O  God  of  truth, 
■■•     My  spirit  I  commit; 

Thou  hast  redeem'd  my  soul  from  death, 
And  sav'd  me  from  the  pit. 

2  The  passions  of  my  hope  and  fear 

Maintain'd  a  doubtful  strife  ; 
While  sorrow,  pain,  and  sin  conspird 
To  take  away  my  life. 

3  "  My  times  are  in  thy  hand,"  1  cried, 

"  Though  I  draw  near  the  dust  :" 
Thou  art  the  refuge  where  I  hide, 
The  God  in  whom  I  trust. 
1  O  make  thy  reconciled  face 
Upon  thy  servant  shine, 
And  save  me  for  thy  mercy's  sake, 
For  I'm  entirely  thine. 
5  'Twas  in  my  haste  my  spirit  said, 
"  I  must  despair  and  die  ; 


56  PSALM  XXXI. 

"  I  am  cut  off  before  thine  eyes  ;*' 
But  thou  hast  heard  my  cry. 

6  Thy  goodness  how  divinely  free  ! 

How  wond'rous  is  thy  grace, 
To  those  that  fear  thy  majesty  ! 
And  trust  thy  promises  ! 

7  O  love  the  Lord,  all  ye  his  saints, 

And  sing  his  praises  loud  ; 
He'll  bend  his  ear  to  your  complaints  ; 
x\nd  recompense  the  proud. 

PSALM  31.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Deliverance  from  slander  and  reproach. 

1  TVI"  Y"  heart  rejoices  in  thy  name, 
-L"     My  God,  my  help,  my  trust  : 
Thou  hast  preserv'd  my  face  from  shame, 

Mine  honour  from  the  dust. 

2  "  My  life  is  spent  with  grief,"  I  cried, 

"  My  years  consum'd  in  groans, 
"  My  strength  decays,  mine  eyes  are  dried, 
"  And  sorrow  wastes  my  bones." 

3  Among  mine  enemies  my  name 

Was  a  mere  proverb  grown  ; 
While  to  my  neighbours  I  became 
Forgotten  and  unknown. 

4  Slander  and  fear  on  every  side 

Siez'd  and  beset  me  round  ; 
I  to  the  throne  of  grace  applied, 
And  speedy  rescue  found. 

5  How  great  deliverance  thou  hast  wrought 

Before  the  sons  of  men  ! 
The  lying  lips  to  silence  brought, 
And  made  their  boastings  vain  ! 

6  Thy  children,  from  the  strife  of  tongues, 

Shall  thy  pavilion  hide  ; 
Guard  them  from  infamy  and  wrongs, 
And  crush  the  sons  of  pride. 


I 


PSALM  XXXII.  57 

Within  thy  secret  presence,  Lord, 

Let  me  forever  dwell  ; 
No  fenced  city,  wall'd  and  barr'd, 

Secures  a  saint  so  well. 

PSALM  31.       Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Prayer  for  deliverance  from  unfaithful  friends. 

HOW  many  Ebenezers  stand, 
To  mark  the  mercies  of  thy  hand  ! 
How  many  prayers  have  reach'd  thy  throne ! 
How  often  has  thy  grace  been  shown  ! 

When  sorrows  rise  and  pains  prevail, 
Or  angry  foes  my  peace  assail ; 
When  dangers  thicken  all  around, 
In  thee  alone  my  help  is  found. 

Through  all  the  road,  each  day,  each  hour, 
Fresh  evils  threaten  to  devour  ; 
Some  new  complaint,  some  painful  case5 
Still  drives  me  to  the  throne  of  grace. 
My  former  friends  their  friend  forget, 
And  change  their  love  to  cruel  hate  ; 
But  truth  and  love  with  thee  remain  ; 
My  Saviour  always  is  the  same. 
Support  me  in  this  sharp  distress, 
While  all  forsake,  and  some  oppress; 
And  if  my  ways  the  Lord  approve, 
Then  turn  their  hatred  into  love. 

PSALM  32.     First  Part.     L.   M. 
Justification  and  sanctif cation. 

"OLEST  is  the  man,  for  ever  blest, 
-O     Whose  guilt  is  pardon'd  by  his  God  ; 
Whose  sins  with  sorrow  are  confess'd, 
And  cover'd  with  his  Saviour's  blood. 
Blest  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 
Imputes  not  his  iniquities  ; 
He  pleads  no  merit  of  reward, 
And  not  on  works  but  grace  relies. 


58  PSALM  XXXIII. 

3  From  guile  his  heart  and  lips  are  free  ; 
His  humble  joy,  his  holy  fear, 

With  deep  repentance  will  agree, 
And  join  to  prove  his  faith  sincere. 

4  How  glorious  is  that  righteousness 
That  hides  and  cancels  all  his  sins  ; 
While  a  bright  evidence  of  grace 
Through  his  whole  life  appears  and  shines*. 

PSALM  32.     Second  Part.     L.  M.     - 
Confession  and  pardon. 

1  \/S/rH[LE  I  keep  silence  and  conceal 

*  ™       My  heavy  guilt  within  my  heart, 
What  torments  doth  my  conscience  feel ! 
What  agonies  of  inward  smart  ! 

2  I  spread  my  sins  before  the  Lord, 
And  all  my  secret  faults  confess  ; 
Thy  gospel  speaks  a  pardoning  word, 
Thy  holy  Spirit  seals  the  grace. 

3  For  this  shall  ev'ry  humble  soul 
Make  swift  addresses  to  thy  seat ; 
When  floods  of  huge  temptations  roll, 
There  shall  they  find  a  blest  retreat. 

4  How  safe  beneath  thy  wings  1  lie, 

When  days  grow  dark,  and  storms  appear; 
And  when  I  walk,  thy  watchful  eye 
Shall  guide  me  safe  from  ev'ry  snare. 

PSALM  33.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Works  of  creation  and  providence. 

1  Tl  EJOICE,  ye  righteous,  in  the  Lord, 
-£*>  This  work  belongs  to  you ; 

Sing  of  his  name,  his  ways,  his  word, 
How  holy,  just  and  true  ! 

2  His  mercy  and  his  righteousness 

Let  heaven  and  earth  proclaim  ; 
His  wrorks  of  nature  and  of  grace 
Reveal  his  wond'rous  name. 


PSALM  XXXIII.  59 

3  His  wisdom  and  almighty  word 

The  heavenly  arches  spread ; 
And  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
Their  shining  hosts  were  made. 

4  He  bid  the  liquid  waters  flow 

To  their  appointed  deep  ; 
The  flowing  seas  their  limits  know* 
And  their  own  station  keep. 

5  Ye  tenants  of  the  spacious  earth, 

With  fear  before  him  stand : 
He  spake,  an$  nature  took  its  birth. 
And  rests  on  his  command. 

6  He  scorns  the  angry  nations'  rage, 

And  breaks  their  vain  designs ; 
His  counsels  stand  through  ev'ry  age, 
And  in  full  glory  shines. 

PSALM  33.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Creatures  vain,  and  God  all-sufficient. 

1  "OLEST  is  the  nation  where  the  Lord 
-D  Hath  fix'd  his  gracious  throne ; 
Where  he  reveals  his  heavenly  word, 

And  calls  their  tribes  his  own. 

2  His  eyes,  with  infinite  survey, 

The  spacious  world  behold ; 
He  form'd  us  all  of  equal  clay, 
And  knows  our  feeble  mould. 

3  Kings  are  not  rescuM  by  the  force 

Of  armies  from  the  grave  : 
Nor  speed  nor  courage  of  a  horse 
Can  the  bold  rider  save. 

4  Vain  is  the  strength  of  beasts  or  men, 

To  hope  for  safety  thence ; 

But  holy  souls  from  God  obtain 

A  strong  and  sure  defence. 

5  God  is  their  fear,  and  God  their  trust, 

When  plagues  or  famine  spread : 


60  PSALM  XXXIV. 

His  watchful  eye  secures  the  just 

Among  ten  thousand  dead. 
6  Lord,  let  our  hearts  in  thee  rejoice, 

And  bless  us  from  thy  throne  ; 
For  we  have  made  thy  word  our  choice, 

And  trust  thy  grace  alone. 

PSALM  34.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Praise  for  eminent  deliverance. 

1  FTPHROUGH  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life, 
•*-  In  trouble  and  in  joy, 

The  praises  of  my  God  sha^J  still 
My  heart  and  tongue  employ. 

2  Come,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me, 

And  high  exalt  his  name  ; 
When  in  distress  on  him  I  call'  d, 
He  to  my  rescue  came. 

3  The  hosts  of  God  encamp  around 

The  dwellings  of  the  just ; 
Deliverance  he  affords  to  all 
Who  on  his  succour  trust. 

4  O  !  make  but  trial  of  his  love ; 

Experience  will  decide, 
How  bless'd  they  are,  and  only  they, 
Who  in  his  truth  confide. 

5  Fear  him,  ye  saints ;  and  you  will  then 

Have  nothing  else  to  fear  : 
Make  you  his  service  your  delight ; 
He'll  make  your  wants  his  care. 
PSALM  34.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Saints  are  under  the  protection  of  God. 

1  1"   ORD,  I  will  bless  thee  all  my  days, 
-■-^  Thy  praise  shall  dwell  upon  my  tongue : 
My  soul  shall  glory  in  thy  grace, 

While  saints  rejoice  to  hear  the  song. 

2  Come,  magnify  the  Lord  with  me  ; 
Come  let  us  all  exalt  his  name  : 


PSALM  XXXI Y.  61 

I  sought  th'  eternal  God,  and  he 
Has  not  expos'd  my  hope  to  shame, 

3  I  told  him  all  my  secret  grief; 

My  secret  groaning  reach'd  his  ears  ; 
He  gave  my  inward  pains  relief, 
And  calm'd  the  tumult  of  my  fears. 

4  To  him  the  poor  lift  up  their  eyes, 
Their  faces  feel  the  heavenly  shine  ; 
A  beam  of  mercy  from  the  skies 
Fills  them  with  light  and  joy  divine. 

5  His  holy  angels  pitch  their  tents 
Around  the  men  that  serve  the  Lord : 
O  fear  and  love  him,  all  his  saints, 
Taste  of  his  grace,  and  trust  his  word. 

6  The  wild  young  lions  pinch'd  with  pain 
And  hunger,  roar  through  all  the  wood ; 
But  none  shall  seek  the  Lord  in  vain, 
Nor  want  supplies  of  real  good. 

PSALM  34.      Third  Part.     L.JVI. 
Religious  education. 

1  /^HILDRENin  years  and  knowledge  young, 
^Your  parents'  hope,  your  parents' joy 

Attend  the  counsels  of  my  tongue  ; 
Let  pious  thoughts  your  minds  employ. 

2  If  you  desire  a  length  of  days, 

And  peace  to  crown  your  mortal  state ; 
Restrain  your  feet  from  impious  w7ays, 
Your  lips  from  slander  and  deceit. 

3  The  eyes  of  God  regard  his  saints, 
His  ears  are  open  to  their  cries  ; 
He  sets  his  frowning  face  against 
The  sons  of  violence  and  lies. 

4  To  humble  souls  and  broken  hearts 
God  with  his  grace  is  ever,  nigh  ; 
Pardon  and  hope  his  love  imparts, 
When  men  in  deep  contrition  lie, 

6 


62  PSALM  XXXV. 

5  He  tells  their  tears,  he  counts  their  groans; 

His  Son  redeems  their  souls  from  death  ; 

His  Spirit  heals  their  broken  bones, 

While  they  in  praise  employ  their  breath. 

PSALM  34.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 

Peace  and  Holiness. 

1  fipHE  Lord  forever  guards  the  just, 

-*-      His  ears  attend  their  cry  ; 
When  broken  spirits  dwell  in  dust, 
The  God  of  grace  is  nigh. 

2  What  though  the  sorrows  here  they  taste 

Are  sharp  and  tedious  too  ; 
The  Lord  who  saves  his  saints  at  last, 
Is  their  supporter  now. 

3  Evil  shall  smite  the  wicked  dead ; 

But  God  secures  his  own, 
Prevents  the  mischief  when  they  slide  v 
Or  heals  the  broken  bone. 

4  When  desolation,  like  a  frood, 

O'er  the  proud  sinner  rolls ; 
Saints  find  a  refuge  in  their  God, 
For  he  redeems  their  souls. 

PSALM  3b.     First  Part.     C:  M. 
Imprecations  mixed  with  charity. 

1  TVTOW  plead  my  cause,  Almighty  God, 
■i^l      W7ith  all  the  sons  of  strife  ; 

And  fight  against  the  men  of  blood, 
Who  fight  against  my  life. 

2  Draw  out  thy  spear,  and  stop  their  way, 

Lift  thine  avenging  rod  ; 

But,  to  my  soul  in  mercy  say, 

"1  am  thy  Saviour  God." 

3  They  plant  their  snares  to  catch  my  feet5 

And  nets  of  mischief  spread  : 
Plunge  the  destroyers  in  the  pit 
That  their  own  hands  have  made. 


PSALM  XXXV.  63 

4  Let  fogs  and  darkness  bide  their  way, 
And  slippery  be  their  ground  ; 
Thy  wrath  shall  make  their  lives  a  prey, 
And%all  their  rage  confound. 
3  They  fly  like  chaff  before  the  wind, 
Before  thine  angry  breath  ; 
The  ano;el  of  the  Lord  behind 
Pursues  them  down  to  death. 

6  They  love  the  road  that  leads  to  hell : 

Then  must  the  rebels  die, 

Whose  malice  is  implacable 

Against  the  Lord  on  high. 

7  But  if  thou  hast  a  chosen  few 

Amongst  that  impious  race  ; 
Divide  them  from  the  bloody  crew 
By  thy  surprising  grace. 

8  Then  will  I  raise  my  tuneful  voice 

To  make  thy  wonders  known  ; 
In  their  salvation  I'll  rejoice, 
And  bless  thee  for  my  own. 

PSALM  35.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  love  of  Christ  typified  in  David. 

1  "OEHOLD  the  love,  the  gen'rous  love 
-D     That  holy  David  shows  ; 

Mark  how  his  tender  bowels  move 
For  his  afflicted  foes  ! 

2  When  they  are  sick,  his  soul  complains* 

And  seems  to  feel  the  smart ; 
The  spirit  of  the  gospel  reigns, 
And  melts  his  pious  heart. 

3  How  did  his  flowing  tears  condole 

As  for  a  brother  dead  ! 
And  fasting  mortified  his  soul, 
While  for  their  life  he  pray'd. 

4  They  groan'd  and  curs'd  him  on  their  bed; 

Yet  still  he  pleads  and  mourns ; 


64  PSALM  XXXVI. 

And  double  blessings  on  his  head 
The  righteous  God  returns. 

5  O  glorious  type  of  heavenly  grace  ! 

Thus  Christ  the  Lord  appears  * 
While  sinners  curse,  the  Saviour  prays., 
And  pities  them  with  tears. 

6  He,  the  true  David,  Israel's  King, 

Blest  and  belov'd  of  God, 
To  save  us  rebels  dead  in  sin, 
Paid  his  own  dearest  blood. 

PSALM  36.     First  Part.     S.  M. 

Atheism  exposed. 

1  "WM^HEN  man  grows  bold  in  sin5 

▼  ▼       My  heart  within  me  cries^ 
ut  He  hath  no  faith  of  God  within, 
"  Nor  fear  before  his  eyes." 

2  He  walks  awhile  conceal'd 
In  a  self-flattering  dream  ; 

'Till  his  dark  crimes,  at  once  reveaPd* 
Expose  his  hateful  name. 

3  His  heart  is  false  and  foul, 
His  words  are  smooth  and  fair  ; 

Wisdom  is  banish' d  from  his  soul, 
And  leaves  no  goodness  there.     , 

4  He  plots  upon  his  bed 
New  mischiefs  to  fulfil  : 

He  sets  his  heart,  his  hand  and  head, 
To  practice  all  that's  ill. 

5  But  there's  a  dreadful  God, 
Though  men  renounce  his  fear  ; 

His  justice  hid  behind  the  cloud, 
Shall  one  great  day  appear. 

6  His  truth  transcends  the  sky  ; 
In  heaven  his  mercies  dwell  ; 

Deep  as  the  sea  his  judgments  lie  ; 
His  anger  burns  to  helL 


PSALM  XXXVIF;  65 

T  How  excellent  his  love, 

Whence  all  our  safety  springs  ! 

0  never  let  my  soul  remove 

From  underneath  his  wings  ? 

PSALM  36.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
General  providence  and  special  grace. 

1  f\  LORD,  thy  mercy,  my  sure  hope, 

^J  The  highest  orb  of  heaven  transcends; 
Thy  sacred  truth's  unmeasur'd  scope 
Beyond  the  spreading  sky  extends. 

2  Thy  justice  like  the  hills  remains ; 
LTnfathomed  depths  thy  judgments  are  ; 
Thy  providence  the  world  sustains  ; 
The  whole  creation  is  thy  care. 

3  Since  of  thy  goodness  all  partake  ; 
With  what  assurance  should  the  just 
Thy  sheltering  wings  their  refuge  make* 
And  saints  to  thy  protection  trust. 

4  Such  guests  shall  to  thy  courts  be  led7 
To  banquet  on  thy  love's  repast ; 
And  drink,  as  from  a  fountain  head, 
Of  joys  that  shall  forever  last  ; 

5  W7ith  thee  the  springs  of  life  remain  ;■ 
Thy  presence  is  eternal  day  : 

O  !  let  thy  grace  thy  saints  sustain  : 
To  upright  hearts  thy  truth  display. 
PSALM  37.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
The  rewards  of  the  righteous  and  the  wicked. 

1  1^1711  Y  should  I  vex  my  soul  and  fret 

*  *        To  see  the  wicked  rise  ?'- 
Or  envy  sinners  waxing  great, 
By  violence  and  lies ! 

2  As  flowery  grass  cut  down  at  noon, 

Before  the  evening  fades, 
So  shall  their  glories  vanish  soonr 
In  everlasting  shades, 
6* 


66  PSALM  XXXVII. 

3  Then  let  me  make  the  Lord  my  trust, 

And  practice  all  that's  good  ; 
So  shall  I  dwell  among  the  just, 
And  he'll  provide  me  food. 

4  I  to  my  God  my  ways  commit, 

And  cheerful  wait  his  will  ; 
Thy  hand,  which  guides  my  doubtful  feet, 
Shall  my  desires  fulfil. 

5  Mine  innocence  shaltthou  display, 

And  make  thy  judgments  known, 
Fair  as  the  light  of  dawning  day, 
And  glorious  as  the  noon. 

6  The  meek  at  last  the  earth  possess, 

And  are  the  heirs  of  heaven ; 
True  riches  with  abundant  peace, 
To  humble  souls  are  given. 

7  Rest  in  the  Lord,  and  keep  his  way, 

Nor  let  your  anger  rise, 
Though  providence  should  long  delay, 
To  punish  haughty  vice. 

8  Let  sinners  join  to  break  your  peace. 

And  plot,  and  rage,  and  foam  ; 

The  Lord  derides  them,  for  he  sees 

Their  day  of  vengeance  come. 

9  They  have  drawn  out  the  threat'ning  sword? 

Have  bent  the  murderous  bow, 
To  slay  the  men  that  fear  the  Lord, 
And  bring  the  righteous  low. 

10  My  God  shall  break  their  bows,  and  burn 

Their  persecuting  darts  ; 
Shall  their  own  swords  against  them  turn, 
And  pain  surprise  their  hearts, 

PSALM  37.     Second  ParU     C.  M. 
Charity  to  the  poor. 

1  TS^HY  do  the  wealthy  wicked  boast, 
»  ▼      And  grow  profanely  bold  1 


PSALM  XXXVll  67 

The  meanest  portion  of  the  just 
Excels  the  sinner's  gold. 
2-  The  wicked  borrows  of  his  friends, 
But  ne'er  designs  to  pay ; 
The  saint  is  merciful  and  lends, 
.   Nor  turns  the  poor  away. 

3  His  alms  with  liberal  heart  he  gives 

Amongst  the  sons  of  need ; 
His  memory  to  long  ages  lives, 
And  blessed  is  his  seed. 

4  He  fears  to  talk  with  lips  profane, 

To  slander  or  defraud  ; 
His  ready  tongue  declares  to  men 
What  he  has  learn'd  of  God. 

5  The  law  and  gospel  of  the  Lord 

Deep  in  his  heart  abide  ; 
Led  by  the  spirit  and  the  word, 
His  feet  shall  never  slide. 

6  When  sinners  fall,  the  righteous  stand 

Preserv'd  from  every  snare, 
They  shall  possess  the  promis'd  land-, 
And  dwell  forever  there. 

PSALM  37.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  way  and  end  of  the  righteous  and  the  wicked, 

1  ]%/!"  Y  God,  the  steps  of  pious  men 
J-"     Are  ordered  by  thy  will  ; 
Though  they  should  fall,  they  rise  again> 

Thy  hand  supports  them  still. 

2  The  Loixl  delights  to  see  their  ways, 

Their  virtues  he  approves  ; 
He  ne'er  deprives  them  of  his  grace, 
Nor  leaves  the'  men  he  loves. 

3  The  heavenly  heritage  is  theirs, 

Their  portion  and  their  home  ; 
He  feeds  them  now  and  makes  them  heirs 
Of  blessings  long  to  comer 


68  PSALM  XXXVIII. 

4  Wait  on  the  Lord,  ye  sons  of  men, 

Nor  fear  when  tyrants  frown  : 
Ye  shall  confess  their  pride  was  vain> 
When  justice  casts  them  down. 

5  The  haughty  sinner  have  I  seen, 

Not  fearing  man  or  God, 
Like  a  tall  bay-tree  fair  and  green, 
Spreading  his  arms  abroad. 

6  And  lo  !  he  vanish VI  from  the  ground, 

Destroy 'd  by  hands  unseen  ; 
Nor  root,  nor  branch,  nor  leaf  was  found,. 
Where  all  that  pride  had  been. 

7  But  mark  the  man  of  righteousness, 

His  several  steps  attend  ; 
True  pleasure  runs  through  all  his  ways? 
And  peaceful  is  his  end. 

PSALM  33.  C.  M. 

Prayer  for  pardon  and  health. 

1  A  MID  thy  wrath  remember  love, 
-™-     Restore  thy  servant,  Lord  ; 
Nor  let  a  father's  chastening  prove 

Like  an  avenger's  sword. 

2  Thine  arrows  stick  within  my  heart, 

My  flesh  is  sorely  prest ; 
Between  the  sorrow  and  the  smart, 
My  spirit  finds  no  rest. 

3  My  sins  a  heavy  load  appear, 

And  o'er  my  head  are  gone  ; 
Too  heavy  for  my  soul  to  bear, 
Too  hard  for  me  t'  atone. 

4  My  thoughts  are  like  a  troubled  sear 

My  head  still  bending  down, 
And  I  go  mourning  all  the  day, 
Beneath  my  Father's  frown. 

5  Lord,  I  am  weak  and  broken  sore, 

None  of  my  powers  are  whole  ; 


PSALM  XXXIX.  69 

The  inward  anguish  makes  me  roar, 
The  anguish  of  my  soul. 

6  All  my  desire  to  thee  is  known, 

Thine  eye  counts  every  tear, 
And  every  sigh  and  every  groan  ; 
Is  notic'd  by  thine  ear. 

7  Thou  art  my  God,  my  only  hope, 

My  God  will  hear  my  cry  ; 
My  God  will  bear  my  spirit  up, 
When  Satan  bids  me  die. 

8  My  foes  rejoice  to  see  me  slide 

Into  the  miry  pit ; 
They  raise  their  pleasure  and  their  pride* 
When  they  supplant  my  feet. 

9  But  I'll  confess  my  guilt  to  thee, 

And  grieve  for  all  my  sin  ; 
I  feel  how  weak  my  graces  be, 
And  beg  support  divine. 

10  My  God,  forgive  my  follies  past 

And  be  forever  nigh ; 
O  Lord  of  my  salvation  haste, 
Before  thy  servant  die. 

PSALM  39.     First  Part    C.  M.     . 
Prudence  and  Zeal. 

1  fllHUS  I  resolv'd  before  the  Lord, 

-*-      "  Now  will  I  watch  my  tongue* 
"  Lest  I  let  slip  one  sinful  word, 
"  Or  do  my  neighbour  wrong." 

2  And,  if  I'm  e'er  coastrain'd  to  stay  \ 

With  men  of  lives  profane, 
I'll  set  a  double  guard  that  day, 
Nor  let  my  talk  be  vain. 

3  I'll  scarce  allow  my  lips  to  speak 

The  pious  thoughts  I  feel ; 
Lest  scoffers  should  th'  occasion  take 
To  mock  my  holy  zeal. 


70  PSALM  XXXIX. 

4  Yet  if  some  proper  hour  appear, 
I'll  not  be  overaw'd  ; 
But  let  the  scoffing  sinners  hear, 
That  1  can  speak  for  God. 

PSALM  39.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  vanity  of  man  as  mortal. 

1  nHEACH  me  the  measure  of  my  days* 
-■-      Thou  maker  of  my  frame  ; 

I  would  survey  life's  narrow  space, 
And  learn  how  frail  I  am. 

2  A  span  is  all  that  we  can  boast  ; 

How  short,  how  fleet  our  time  ! 
Man  is  but  vanity  and  dust, 
In  all  his  flower  and  prime. 

3  See  the  vain  race  of  mortals  move 

Like  shadows  o'er  the  plain  ; 
They  rage  and  strive,  desire  and  love  ; 
But  all  their  noise  is  vain. 

4  Some  walk  in  honour's  gaudy  show ; 

Some  dig  for  golden  ore  : 
They  toil  for  heirs  they  know  not  who, 
And  straight  are  seen  no  more. 
6  What  should  I  wish  or  wait  for  then 
From  creatures,  earth  and  dust  ? 
They  make  our  expectations  vain* 
And  disappoint  our  trust. 
6  Now  I  forbid  my  carnal  hope, 
My  fond  desires  recall  : 
I  give  my  mortal  interest  up, 
And  make  my  God  my  all. 

PSALM  39.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Sick-bed  devotion. 

1    /~i  OD  of  my  life,  look  gently  down, 
^Jf     Behold  the  pains  I  feel ; 
But  I  am  dumb  before  thy  throne* 
Nor  dare  dispute  thy  will. 


PSALM  XL.  n 

2  Diseases  are  thy  servants,  Lord, 

They  come  at  thy  command  : 
I'll  not  attempt  a  murmuring  word, 
Against  thy  chastening  hand. 

3  Yet  I  may  plead  with  humble  cries, 

"  Remove  thy  sharp  rebukes  :" 
My  strength  consumes,  my  spirit  dies. 
Through  thy  repeated  strokes. 

4  Crush'd  as  a  moth  beneath  thy  hand, 

We  moulder  to  the  dust ; 
Our  feeble  pow'rs  can  ne'er  withstand, 
And  all  our  beauty's  lost. 

5  This  mortal  life  decays  apace, 

How  soon  the  bubble's  broke  i 
Adam,  and  all  his  num'rous  race 
Are  vanity  and  smoke. 

6  I'm  but  a  sojourner  below. 

As  all  my  fathers  were  ; 
May  I  be  well  prepar'd  to  go 
When  1  the  summons  hear.    ! 

7  But  if  my  life  be  spaf'd  awhile 

Before  my  last  remove, 
Thy  praise  shall  be  my  business  still., 
And  I'll  declare  thy  love. 

PSALM  40.     First  Part.     C.  M. 

Deliverance  from  great  distress. 

1  ¥  WAITED  patient  for  the  Lord, 
■■■'  He  bow'd  to  hear  my  cry  ; 

He  saw  me  resting  on  his  word. 
And  brought  salvation  nigh. 

2  He  rais'd  me  from  a  horrid  pit, 

Where  mourning  long  I  lay  ; 
And  from  my  bonds  releas'd  my  feet, 
Deep  bonds  of  miry  clay. 

3  Firm  on  a  rock  he  made  me  stand ; 

And  taught  my  cheerful  tongue 


72  PSALM  XL. 

To  praise  the  wonders  of  his  hand, 
In  a  new,  thankful  song. 

4  I'll  spread  his  works  of  grace  abroad 

The  saints  with  joy  shall  hear, 
And  sinners  learn  to  make  my  God 
Their  only  hope  and  fear. 

5  How  many  are  thy  thoughts  of  love  ! 

Thy  mercies,  Lord,  how  great  ! 
We  have  not  words,  nor  hours,  enough, 
Their  numbers  to  repeat. 

6  When  I'm  afflicted,  poor  and  low, 

And  light  and  peace  depart, 
My  God  beholds  my  heavy  woe, 
And  bears  me  on  his  heart. 

PSALM  40.     Second  Part.     CM. 
The  incarnation  and  sacrifice  of  Christ. 

1  TBEHOLD  the  blest  Redeemer  comes ! 
-f     Th'  eternal  Son  appears  ! 

And  at  the  appointed  time  assumes 
The  body  God  prepares  ! 

2  Jesus  reveal'd  his  father's  grace, 

And  much  his  truth  he  show'd ; 
He  preach'd  the  way  of  righteousness, 
Where  great  assemblies  stood. 

3  His  Father's  honour  touch'd  his  heart, 

He  pitied  sinners'  cries, 
And  to  fulfil  a  Saviour's  part, 
Was  made  a  sacrifice. 

4  No  blood  of  beasts  on  altars  shed, 

Could  wash  the  conscience  clean  ; 
The  sacrifice  which  Jesus  paid 
Atones  for  all  our  sin. 

5  Then  was  the  great  salvation  spread, 

And  Satan's  kingdom  shook  ; 
Thus  by  the  woman's  promis'd  seed 
The  serpent's  head  was  broke. 


PSALM  XLI.  73 

PSALM  40.     Third  Part.     L;  M. 
Christ  owr  sacrifice. 

1  FflHE  wonders,  Lord,  thy  love  has  wrought, 
J-  Exceed  our  praise,surmount  our  thought; 
Should  I  attempt  th$  long  detail, 

My  speech  would  faint,  my  numbers  fail. 

2  No  blood  of  beasts  on  altars  spilt, 

Can  cleanse  the  souls  of  men  from  guilt  I 
But  thou  hast  set  before  our  eyes 
An  all-sufficient  sacrifice. 

3  In  heaven  before  his  Father's  throne, 
Complacent,  smiles  th'  eternal  Son  ; 
And,  pleas'd,  presents  with  boundless  grace 
Himself  a  ransom  for  our  race, 

4  "  Behold  !  I  come,"  (the  Saviour  cries. 
With  love  and  duty  in  his  eyes), 

"  1  come  to  bear  the  heavy  load 
*  Of  sins,  and  do  thy  will,  my  God. 

5  "  Mine  ear  is  open'd  to  thy  voice, 

"  My  heart  delighted  with  thy  choice  ; 
"  Pleas'd,  I  assume  a  fleshly  form, 
"  A-kin  to  man,  that  dying  worm, 

6  "  'Tis  written  in  thy  great  decree, 
"  'Tis  in  thy  book  foretold  of  me  ; 
"  I  must  fulfil  the  Saviour's  part ; 
"  And  lo  !  thy  law  is  in  my  heart. 

7  "Til  magnify  thy  holy  law, 

"  And  rebels  to  obedience  draw, 
"  When  on  my  cross  I'm  lifted  high, 
"  Or  to  my  crown  above  the  sky. 

8  "  The  Spirit  shall  descend  and  shew 

"  What  thou  hast  done,  and  what  I  do  ; 
"  The  wond'ring  world  shall  learn  thy  grace, 
"  Thy  wisdom  and  thy  righteousness. 
PSALM  41.     L.  M. 

Charity  to  the  poor. 

1   "OLEST  is  the  man  whose  bowels  move5 
•"     And  melt  with  pity  to  the  poor, 

7 


74  PSALM  XLII. 

Whose  soul  by  sympathizing  love, 
Feels  what  his  fello#  saints  endure. 

2  His  heart  contrives  for  their  relief, 
More  good  than  his  own  hands  can  do  ; 
He  in  the  time  of  general  grief, 
Shall  find  the  Lord  has  bowels  too. 

3  His  soul  shall  live  secure  on  earth, 
With  secret  blessings  on  his  head, 
When  drought,  and  pestilence,  and  dearth, 
Around  him  multiply  their  dead. 

4  Or,  if  he  languish  on  his  couch, 

God  will  pronounce  his  sins  forgiven  ; 
Will  save  him  with  a  healing  touch 
Or  take  his  willing  soul  to  heaven. 

PSALM  42.     First  Pah.     C.  M.  . 
Desertion  and  hope. 

1  AS  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams^ 
-™-     Wlien  heated  in  the  chase  ; 

So  longs  my  soul,  O  God,  for  thee, 
And  thy  refreshing  grace. 

2  For  thee,  my  God,  the  living  God, 

My  thirsty  soul  doth  pine  ; 
O  !  when  shall  I  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  majesty  divine  ? 

3  Tears  are  my  constant  food,  while  thus 

Insulting  foes  upbraid  ; 
"  Deluded  wretch  !  where  is  thy  God  ? 
"  And  where  his  promis'd  aid  ? 

4  'Tiswith  a  mournful  pleasure  now 

I  think  on  ancient  days ; 
Then  to  thy  house  did  numbers  go, 
And  all  our  work  was  praise. 

5  But  why's  my  soul  sunk  down  so  far 

Beneath  this  heavy  load  ? 
Why  do  my  thoughts  indulge  despair, 
And  sin  against  my  God  ? 


PSALM  XLIII.    ,  7.3 

6  Hope,in  the  Lord  whose  mighty  hand 
Can  all  thy  woes  remove  : 
For  I  shall  yet  before  him  stand, 
And  sing  restoring  love. 

PSALM   42-.     Second  Part.     L.  M: 
Hope  in  affliction. 

1  ]%/JY  spirit  sinks  within  me,  Lord, 
I"    But  I  will  call  thy  name  to  mind. 
And  times  of  past  distress  record, 
When  I  have  found  my  God  was  kind. 

2  Huge  troubles  with  tumultuous  noise 
Swell  like  a  sea,  and  round  me  spread ;  * 
Thy  water-spouts  drown  all  my  joys, 
x\nd  rising  waves  roll  o'er  my  head. 

3  Yet  will  the  Lord  command  his  love, 
When  I  address  his  throne  by  day, 
Nor  in  the  night  his  grace  re*move  ; 
The  night  shall  hear  me  sing  and  pray, 

4  I'll  cast  myself  before  his  feet, 

And  say,  "  My  God,  my  heavenly  Rock  ! 

"  Why  doth  thy  love  so  long  forget 

"  The  soul  that  groans  beneath  thy  stroke  Vv 

5  Fll  chide  my  heart  that  sinks  so  low  ; 
Why  should  my  soul  indulge  her  grief  ? 
Hope  in  the  Lord,  and  praise  him  too  ; 
He  is  my  rest,  my  sure  relief. 

5  Thy  light  and  truth  shall  guide  me  still ; 
Thy  word  shall  my  best  thoughts  emplov, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heavenly  hill, 
My  God,  my  most  exceeding  joy. 
PSALM  43.     P.  M. 

Complaint  mingled  with  hope. 

1   11/|"Y  God  defend  my  cause 

lfi     Against  a  host  of  foes  ; 

O  save  me  from  th'  unjust, 

Who  triumph  in  my  woes  ! 

Why  dost  thou  faint, 

My  trembling  heart  ? 


76  PSALM  XLIIL 

To  God  impart 
Thy  sad  complaint. 

2  Why  dost  thou,  O  my  shield, 
Desert  me  thus  forlorn  ? 
Why,  hated  and  oppress'd, 
Thus  bid  me  ceaseless  mourn  ? 

To  God  I  fly  ; 
In  God  I'll  trust, 
When  low  in  dust 
My  head  shall  lie. 

3  Now  to  thy  sacred  house 
With  joy  direct  my  feet, 
Where  saints  with  mourning  vows 
In  full  assembly  meet. 

Thy  power  divine 
Shall  there  be  shown, 
And  from  thy  throne 
Thy  mercy  shine. 

I  Oh  send  thy  light  abroad  ! 
Thy  truth  with  heavenly  ray 
Shall  lead  my  soul  to  God, 
And  guide  my  doubtful  way. 

I'll  hear  thy  word 

With  faith  sincere, 

And  learn  to  fear 

And  praise  the  Lord. 

5  There  reach  thy  bounteous  hand* 
And  all  my  sorrows  heal ; 
There  health  and  strength  divine 
Oh  make  my  bosom  feel ! 

Like  balmy  dew 
Shall  Jesus'  voice 
My  bones  rejoice, 
My  strength  renew. 

6  Then  in  thy  holy  hill, 
Before  thine  altar,  Lord, 

My  harp  and  song  shall  sound 
The  glories  of  thy  word. 


PSALM  XLIY.  77 

Henceforth  to  thee, 
O  God  of  grace, 
A  hymn  of  praise 
My  life  shall  be. 

7  My  soul,  awake  to  joy, 
And  triumph  in  the  Lord, 
My  health,  my  hope,  my  song, 
And  my  divine  reward. 

Ye  fears  remove  ; 

No  more  I  mourn ; 

But  blest,  return 

To  sing  his  love. 

PSALM  44.     C.  M. 
The  Church's -Complaint  in  persecution. 

I    W  ORD,  we  have  heard  thy  works  of  old, 
-■-^  Thy  works  of  power  and  grace  ; 
When  to  our  ears  our  fathers  told 
The  wonders  of  their  days  :• 

3  How  thou  didst  build  thy  churches  heres 
And  make  thy  gospel  known  ; 
Among  them  did  thine  arm  appear, 
Thy  light  and  glory  shone. 

3  In  God  they  boasted  all  the  day3 

And  in  a  cheerful  throng 
Did  thousands  meet  to  praise  and  pray, 
And  grace  was  all  their  song. 

4  But  now  our  souls  are  seiz'd  with  shames 

Confusion  fills  our  face, 
To  hear  the  enemy  blaspheme, 
And  fools  reproach  thy  grace. 

5  Yet  have  we  not  forgot  our  Godv 

Nor  falsely  dealt  with  heaven  ; 
Nor  have  our  steps  declin'd  the  road- 
Of  duty  thou  hast  given, 

6  Though  dragons  all  around  us  roar 

With  their  destructive  breath  ; 
7* 


78  PSALM  XLV. 

And  thine  own  hand  has  bruis'd  us  sore, 
Hard  by  the  gates  of  death. 

7  We  are  expos'd  all  day  to  die, 

As  martyrs  for  thy  cause  ; 
As  sheep  for  slaughter,  bound  we  lie, 
By  sharp  and  bloody  laws. 

8  Awake,  arise,  almighty  Lord  ! 

Why  sleeps  thy  wonted  grace  ? 
Why  should  we  look  like  men  abhorrd, 
Or  banish'd  from  thy  face  ? 

9  Wilt  thou  forever  cast  us  off, 

And  still  neglect  our  cries  ?" 
For  ever  hide  thy  heavenly  love 
From  our  afflicted  eyes. 

10  Down  to  the  dust  our  souls  are  bow'd, 

And  lie  upon  the  ground  ; 
Rise  for  our  help,  rebuke  the  proud 
And  all  their  powers  confound. 

1 1  Redeem  us  from  perpetual  shame, 

Our  Saviour  and  our  God  ; 
We  plead  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
The  merits  of  thy  blood. 

PSALM  45.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  glory  of  Christ,  and  the  power  of  his  gospel, 

1  "lyrOW  be  my  heart  inspir'dto  sing 
-*^      The  glories  of  my  Saviour  King, 
Jesus  the  Lord  :  how  heavenly  fair 
His  form  !  how  bright  his  beauties  are  ! 

2  O'er  all  the  sons  of  human  race, 
He  shines  with  a  superior  grace  ; 
Love  from  his  lips  divinely  flows, 
And  blessings  all  his  state  compose. 

3  Dress  thee  in  arms,  most  mighty  Lord  ! 
Gird  on  the  terror  of  thy  sword  ! 

In  majesty  and  glory  ride, 

With  truth  and  meekness  at  thy  sid#. 


PSALM  XLV.  7$ 

Thine  anger  like  a  pointed  dart 
Shall  pierce  the  foes  of  stubborn  heart ; 
Or  words  of  mercy  kind  and  sweet, 
Shall  melt  the  rebels  at  thy  feet. 
Thy  throne,  O  God,  forever  stands  ; 
Grace  is  the  sceptre  in  thy  hands  : 
Thy  laws  and  works  are  just  and  right; 
Justice  and  grace  are  thy  delight. 
O  God,  thy  God  has  richly  shed 
His  oil  of  gladness  on  thy  head, 
And  with  his  sacred  spirit  blest 
Th'  eternal  Son  above  the  rest. 

PSALM  45.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Christ  and  his  Church, 

THE  King  of  saints,  how  fair  his  face3 
Adorn'd  with  majesty  and  grace  ! 
He  comes  with  blessings  from  above, 
And  wins  the  nations  with  his  love. 
At  his  right  hand  our  eyes  behold 
The  queen  array'd  in  purest  gold  : 
The  world  admires  her  heavenly  dress 
Her  robe  of  joy  and  righteousness. 
He  forms  her  beauties  like  his  own, 
He  calls  and  seats  her  near  his  throne  a 
Fair  stranger  let  thy  heart  forget 
The  idols  of  thy  native  state. 

So  shall  the  King  the  more  rejoice 
In  thee,  the  fav'rite  of  his  choice  ; 
Let  him  be  lov'd,  and  yet  ador'd 
For  he's  thy  Maker  and  thy  Lord. 
O  happy  hour  !  when  thou  shalt  rise 
To  his  fair  palace  in  the  skies  ; 
And  all  thy  sons  (a  numerous  train) 
Each,  like  a  prince,  in  glory  reign. 

Let  endless  honours  crown  his  head  ; 
Let  every  age  his  praises  spread  ; 


00  PSALM  XLVX. 

While  we  with  cheerful  songs  approve 
The  condescension  of  his  love. 

PSALM  46.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

The  safety  of  the  Church. 

1  (Ti  OD  is  our  refuge  in  distress, 

^Jf     A  present  help  when  dangers  press  ; 

On  him  for  safety  we  rely'd, 

And  in  his  strength  we  will  confide  : 

2  Though  earth  were  from  her  centre  toat, 
And  mountains  in  the  ocean  lost  ; 

Or  lofty  hills  from  their  abode, 
Torn  peace-meal  by  the  roaring  flood. 

3  Let  angry  waves  together  roll'd 
Rage  on  with  fury  uncontrol'd  , 
We  will  not  fear,  whilst  we  depend 
On  God,  who  is  our  constant  friend  : 

4  A  gentler  stream  that  ever  flows, 
And  joy  to  all  around  bestows* 
The  city  of  the  Lord  shall  fill 

The  city  where  he's  worship'd  still. 

5  God  dwells  in  Zion,  whose  strong  towers, 
Shall  mock  th'  assault  of  earthly  powers ; 
And  his  almighty  aid  is  nigh, 

To  those  who  on  his  strength  rely. 
PSALM  46.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
God  creates  peace. 

!    "I    ET  Zion  in  her  Kin£  rejoice, 

-■-^Though  tyrants  rage,  and  kingdoms  rise  ;* 
He  utters  his  almighty  voice, 
The  nations  melt,  the  tumult  dies. 

2  The  Lord  of  old,  for  Jacob  fought, 
And  Jacob's  God  is  still  our  aid  : 
Behold  the  works  his  hand  hath  wrought, 
What  desolations  he  hath  made  ! 

3  From  sea  to  sea  through  all  the  shores 
He  uiajies  the  noise  of  battle  cease  ; 


PSALM  XLVII.  81 

When  from  on  high  his  thunder  roars, 
He  awes  the  trembling  world  to  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  bow,  he  cuts  the  spear, 
Chariots  he  burns  with  heavenly  flame 
Keep  silence,  all  the  earth,  and  hear 
The  sound  and  glory  of  his  name. 

5  "  Be  still,  and  learn  that  I  am  God, 
"  I'll  be  exalted  o'er  the  lands ; 

"  I  will  be  known,  and  fear'd  abroad, 
"■  But  still  my  throne  in  Zion  stands.'5 

6  O  Lord  of  hosts,  almighty  King, 
While  wTe  so  near  thy  presence  dwell*. 
Our  faith  shall  sit  secure,  and  sing 
Defiance  to  the  gates  of  hell. 

PSALM  47.    C.  M. 

Christ  ascending  and  reigning. 

J    f\  FOR  a  shout  of  sacred  joy, 

^-^  To  God  the  sovereign  King  I 
Let  every  land  their  tongues  employ*. 

And  hymns  of  triumph  sing. 
'2  Jesus,  our  God,  ascends  on  high  ; 

His  heavenly  guards  around 
Attend  him  rising  through  the  sky, 

With  trumpet's  joyful  sound. 

3  While  angels  shout  and  praise  their  Kiiig, 

Let  mortals  learn  their  strains  ; 
Let  all  the  earth  his  honours  sing  ; 
O'er  all  the  earth  he  reigns. 

4  Rehearse  his  praise  with  awe  profound, 

Let  knowledge  lead  the  song  ; 
Nor  mock  him  with  a  solemn  sound 
Upon  a  thoughtless  tongue. 

5  In  Israel  stood  his  ancient  throne, 

He  lov'd  that  chosen  race  ; 
But  now  he  calls  the  world  his  own> 
And  heathens  taste  his  grace. 


82  PSALM  XLVIlI. 

6  These  western  climes  are  all  the  Lord's, 
Here  Abraham's  God  is  known  ; 
While  pow'rs  and  princes,  shields  and  swords 
Submit  before  his  throne. 

PSALM  48.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
The  church,  is  the  honour  and  safety  of  a  nation. 

1  r^REAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 

^-*      And  let  his  praise  be  great  ^  \ 

He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delightful  seat. 

2  These  temples  of  his  grace 
How  beautiful  they  stand  ! 

The  honour  of  our  native  place* 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Zion  God  is  known 
A  refuge  in  distress  ; 

How  bright  hath  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces  ! 

4  When  Kings  against  her  join'd* 
And  saw  the  Lord  was  there  ; 

In  wild  confusion  of  the  mind 
They  fled  with  hasty  fear. 

5  When  navies  tall  and  proud 
Attempt  to  spoil  our  peace, 

He  sends  his  tempest  roaring  loud, 
And  sinks  them  in  the  seas* 

6  Oft  have  our  fathers  told* 
Owr  eyes  have  often  seen  ; 

How  well  our  God  secures  the  fold, 
Where  his  own  sheep  have  been* 

7  In  every  new  distress, 
We'll  to  his  house  repair  ; 

We'll  think  upon  his  wondrous  grace, 
And  seek  deliverance  there. 

PSALM  48.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
The  worship  and  order  of  the  Church. 

1   Xj^AR  as  thy  name  is  known, 
-T      The  world  declares  thy  praise 


PSALM  XL1X. 

Thy  saints,  O  Lord,  before  thy  throne, 
Their  songs  of  honour  raise. 

2  With  joy  thy  people  stand 
On  Zion's  chosen  hill, 

Proclaim  the  wonders  of  thy  hand, 
And  counsels  of  thy  will. 

3  Let  strangers  walk  around 
The  city  where  we  dwell, 

Compass  and  view  thy  holy  ground, 
And  mark  the  building  well. 

4  The  orders  of  thy  house, 
The  worship  of  thy  court, 

The  cheerful  songs,  the  solemn  vows, 
And  make  a  fair  report. 

5  How  decent  and  how  wise 
How  glorious  to  behold  ! 

Beyond  the  pomp  that  charms  the  eyes, 
And  rites  adorn 'd  with  gold. 

6  The  God  we  worship  now, 
Will  guide  us  till  we  die ; 

Will  be  our  God  while  here  below. 
And  ours  above  the  sky. 

PSALM  49.     'first  Part.     C.  M; 
The  vanity  of  life  and  riches. 

1  TfltfHY  doth  the  man  of  riches  grow 

▼  ▼      To  insolence  and  pride, 
To  see  his  wealth  and  honours  flow 
With  every  rising  tide  ? 

2  Why  doth  he  treat  the  poor  with  scorn- 

Made  of  the  self-same  clay; 
And  boast  as  though  his  flesh  were  born 
Of  better  dust  than  they  ? 

3  Not  all  his  treasures  can  procure 

His  soul  a  short  reprieve  ; 
Redeem  from  death  one  guilty  hour. 
Or  make  his  brother  live. 


84  PSALM  XLIX. 

4  Life  is  a  blessing  can't  be  sold, 

The  ransom  is  too  high  ; 
Justice  will  ne'er  be  brib'  d  with  gold. 
That  man  may  never  die. 

5  He  sees  the  brutish  and  the  wise, 

The  timorous  and  the  brave, 
duit  their  possessions,  close  their  eyes, 
And  hasten  to  the  grave. 

6  Yet  'tis  his  inward  thought  and  pride, 

"  My  house  shall  ever  stand ; 
"  And  that  my  name  may  long  abide, 
«  I'll  give  it  to  my  land." 

7  Vain  are  his  thoughts,  his  hopes  are  lost, 

How  soon  his  memory  dies  ! 

His  name  is  written  in  the  dust. 

Where  his  own  carcass  lies. 

8  This  is  the  folly  of  their  way  ; 

And  yet  their  sons,  as  vain, 
Approve  the  words  their  fathers  say, 
And  act  their  works  again. 

9  Men  void  of  wisdom  and  of  grace, 

If  honour  raise  them  high, 
Live  like  the  beasts,  a  thoughtless  race, 
And  like  the  beasts  they  die. 

10  Laid  in  the  grave  like  silly  sheep, 

Death  feeds  upon  them  there, 
'Till  the  last  trumpet  breaks  their  sleep 
In  terror  and  despair. 

PSALM  49.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Death  and  (he  resurrection. 

1  *V*E  sons  of  pride  that  hate  the  just, 

1      And  trample  on  the  poor : 
When  death  hath  brought  you  down  to  dust, 
Your  pomp  shall  rise  no  more. 

2  The  last  ^reat  day  shall  change  the  scene; 

When  will  that  hour  appear  ? 


PSALM  L.  85 

When  shall  the  just  revive,  and  reign 
O'er  all  that  scorn'd  them  here  ! 

3  God -will  my  naked  soul  receive, 

When  separate  from  the  flesh  ; 
And  break  the  prison  of  the  grave, 
To  raise  my  bones  afresh. 

4  Heaven  is  my  everlasting  home, 

Tii'  inheritance  is  sure  ; 
Let  men  of  pride  their  rage  resume, 
But  I'll  repine  no  more, 
VPSALM  50.     First  Part.     C.   M. 
The  last  judgment. 

2   r  jIHE  Lord,  the  Judge,  before  his  throne 
-*-      Bids  the  whole  earth  draw  nigh  ; 
The  nations  near  the  rising  sun, 
And  near  the  western  sky. 

2  No  more  shall  bold  blasphemers  say, 

"  Judgment  will  ne'er  begin  ;" 
No  more  abuse  his  long  delay 
To  impudence  and  sin. 

3  Thron'd  on  a  cloud  our  God  shall  come, 

Bright  flames  prepare  his  way  ; 
Thunder  and  darkness,  fire  and  storm 
Lead  on  the  dreadful  day. 

4  Heaven  from  above  his  call  shall  hear ; 

Attending  angels  come  ; 
And  earth  and  hell  shall  know  and  fear 
His  justice  and  their  doom. 

5  "  But  gather  all  my  saints  (he  cries) 

"  That  made  their  peace  with  God, 
"  By  the  Redeemer's  sacrifice, 
"  And  seal'd  it  with  his  blood. 

6  "Their  faith  and  works  brought  forth  to  light, 

"  Shall  make  the  world  confess 
"  My  sentence  of  reward  is  right, 
"  And  heaven  adore  my  grace. 


86  PSALM  L. 

PSALM  50.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Obedience  is  better  than  sacrifice. 

1  FICHUS  saith  the  Lord,  "the  spacious  fields 
J-      "  And  flocks  and  herds  are  mine  ; 

«  O'er  all  the  cattle  of  the  hills 
"  I  claim  a  right  divine. 

2  "  I  ask  no  sheep  for  sacrifice, 

"  Nor  bullocks  burnt  with  fire  ; 
"  To  hope  and  love,  to  pray  and  praise, 
"  Is  all  that  I  require. 

3  "  Invoke  my  name  when  trouble's  near 

"  My  hand  shall  set  thee  free ; 
"  Then  shall  thy  thankful  lips  declare 
"  The  honour  due  to  me. 

i  "  The  man  that  offers  humble  praise, 
"  Declares  my  glory  best ; 
"  And  those  that  tread  my  holy  ways, 
"  Shall  my  salvation  taste. 

5  "  Not  for  the  want  of  bullocks  slain 

"  W  ill  I  the  world  reprove  ; 
"  Altars  and  rites  and  forms  are  vain, 
"  Without  the  fire  of  love. 

6  "  And  what  have  hypocrites  to  do 

"  To  bring  their  sacrifice  ? 
"  They  call  my  statutes  just  and  true, 
"  But  deal  in  theft  and  lies. 

7  "  Could  you  expect  to  'scape  my  sight, 

"  And  sin  without  control  ?    v 
"  But  I  will  bring  your  crimes  to  light, 
"  With  anguish  in  your  soul." 

8  Consider,  ye,  that  slight  the  Lord, 

Before  his  wrath  appear  ; 

If  once  you  fall  beneath  his  sword, 

There's  no  deliverer  t^ere. 

PSALM  50.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Hypocrisy  warned. 

I   fflHE  Lord,  the.1  udge,  his  churches  warns ; 
A      Let  hypocrites  attend  and  fear, 


PSALM  L.  87 

Who  place  their  hope  in  rites  and  forms, 
But  make  not  faith  nor  love  their  care. 

2  While  wretches  dare  rehearse  his  name 
With  lips  of  falsehood  and  deceit  ; 

A  friend  or  brother  thej  defame, 
And  soothe  and  flatter  those  they  hate. 

3  They  watch  to  do  their  neighbours  wrong, 
Yet  dare  to  seek  their  Maker's  face  ; 
They  take  his  covenant  on  their  tongue. 
But  break  his  lavvp,  abuse  his  grace. 

4  To  heaven  they  lift  their  hands  unclean ; 
DenTd  with  lust,  defil'd  with  blood  ; 

By  night  they  practise  every  sin, 

By  day  their  mouths  draw  near  (o  God. 

5  And  while  his  judgments  long  delay, 
They  grow  secure,  and  sin  the  more  ; 
They  think  he  sleeps  as  well  as  they, 
And  put  far  off  the  dreadful  hour. 

6  O  dreadful  hour,  when  God  draws  near, 
And  sets  their  crimes  before  their  eyes  ! 
His  wrath  theh^guilty  souls  shall  tear, 
And  no  deliverer  dare  to  rise. 

PSALM  50.     Fourth  Part.    P.  M, 
The  last  judgment. 

1  F11HE  God  of  glory  sends  his  summons 

A  forth, 

Calls  the  south  nations  and  awakes  the  north ; 
From  east  to  west  the  sov'reign  orders  spread 
Thro'  distant  worlds  and  regions  of  the  dead. 
The  trumpet  sounds  ;  hell  trembles  ;  heaven 
rejoices  /  [voices. 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  saints,  with  cheerful 

2  No  more  shall  atheists  mock  his  long  delay  ; 
His  vengeance  sleeps  no  more  ;  behold  the 

day !  [nigh ; 

Behold  the  Judge  descends  !  his  guards  are 
Tempests  and  fire  attend  him  down  the  sky. 


83  PSALM    LI. 

When  God  appears, all  nature  shall  adore  him; 

While  sinners  tremble, saints  rejoice  before  him. 

3  Sinners,  awake  betimes ;  ye  fools,  be  wise  ; 

Awake  before  this  dreadful  morning  rise  ; 
,    Change  your  vain  thoughts,  your  crooked 
works  amend,  [friend. 

Fly  to  the  Saviour,  make  the  Judge  your 
Then  join  ye  saints  j.wake  every  cheerful  pas- 
sion  j  [yation. 

When  Christ  returns,  he  comes  for  your  sal- 
PSALM  51.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
A  penitent  pleading  for  pardon. 

1  ^EW  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord  forgive, 
^     Let  aTepentingrebel  live  ; 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free  ? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee  ? 

2  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace  : 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound  ; 
So  let  thy  pardoning  love  be  found. 

3  O  wash  my  soul  from  every  sin, 

And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean  ! 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offences  pain  mine  eyes. 

1  My  lips  with- shame  my  sins  confess 
Against  thy  law7,  against  thy  grace  ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgment  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemn'd,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 

Whose  hope  still  hovering  round  thy  word, 

Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there 

Some  sure  support  against  despair. 

PSALM  51 .     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Original  and  actual  sins  confessed. 

1     •  "  ORD,  f  am  vile,  conceiv'd  in  sin, 
-"  And  born  unholy  and  unclean  : 
Sprung  from  the  man  whose  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  his  race,  and  taints  us  all. 


PSALM  LI.  «9 

2  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath, 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death  ; 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart ; 
But  we're  defil'd  in  every  part. 

3  Great  God,  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  spirit  pure  and  true  ; 
O  make  me  wise  betimes,  to  see 
My  danger  and  my  remedy.    s 

4  Behold  I  fall  before  thy  face  ; 
My  only  refuge  is  thy  grace : 

No  outward  forms  can  make  me  clean  : 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

5  No  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beast, 
Nor  hyssop  branch,  nor  sprinkling  priest, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  sea, 
Can  wash  the  dismal  stain  away. 

6  *Jesus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone 

Hath  power  sufficient  to  atone  ; 

Thy  blood  can  make  me  white  as  snow  ; 

No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  me  so. 

7  While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  my  peace 
Nor  flesh  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease  ; 
Lord,  let  me  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  make  my  broken  bones  rejoice. 

PSALM  51.       Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Repentance  and  faith  in  the  blood  of  Christ. 

1  f\  THOU,  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry 
^-^  Though  all  my  crimes  before  thee   lie 
Behold  them  not  with  angry  look, 

But  blot  their  memory  from  thy  book* 

2  Create  my  nature  pure  within, 
And  form  my  soul  averse  to  sin ; 
Let  thy  good  spirit  ne'er  depart, 
Nor  hide  thy  presence  from  my  heart 

3  I  cannot  live  without  thy  light, 

Cast  out  and  banish'd  from  thy  sight : 

a* 


90  PSALM  LIJ. 

Thy  holy  joys,  iriy  God,  restore, 
And  guard  me,  that  I  fall  no  more. 

4  Though  I  have  griev'd  thy  Spirit,  Lord, 
His  help  and  comfort  still  afford  : 

And  let  a  wretch  come  near  thy  throne. 
To  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son, 

5  A  broken  heart,  my  God,  my  King, 
Is  all  the  sacrifice  I  bring  ; 

The  God  of  grace  will  ne'er  despise 
A  broken  heart  for  sacrifice. 

6  My  soul  lies  humbled  in  the  dust, 
And  owns  thy  dreadful  sentence  just: 
Look  down,  O  Lord,  with  pitying  eye, 
And  save  the  soul  condemned  to  die. 

7  Then  will  1  teach  the  world  thy  ways  ; 
Sinners  shall  learn  thy  sovereign  grace ; 
I'll  lead  them  to  my  Saviour's  blood, 
And  they  shall  praise  a  pardoning  God. 

8  O  may  thy  love  inspire  my  tongue  ! 
Salvation  shall  be  all  my  song  ; 
And  all  my  powers  shall  join  to  bless 

The  Lord,  my  strength  and  righteousness, 

PSALM  52.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

The  destruction  of  tyrants  and  persecutors. 

1  ",Oi/rHY  should  the  haughty  tyrant  boast, 

▼  *       His  vengeful  arm,  his  warlike  host? 
While  blood  defiles  his  cruel  hand, 
And  desolation  wastes  the  land. 

2  He  joys  to  hear  the  captive's  cry, 
The  widow's  groan,  the  orphan's  sigh  ; 
And  when  the  weary  sword  would  spare, 
His  falsehood  spreads  the  fatal  snare. 

?j  He  triumphs  in  the  deeds  of  wrong, 
And  arms  with  rage  his  impious  tongue  ; 
With  pride  proclaims  his  dreadful  power. 
And  bids  the  trembling  wTorld  adore. 


PSALM  LIIL  01 

4  But  God  is  good,  and  with  a  frown, 
Casts  to  the  dust  his  honours  down  ; 
The  righteous,  freed,  their  hopes  recall, 
And  hail  the  proud  oppressor's  fall. 

5  How  low  the  persecutor  lies, 

Who  dar'd  th'  eternal  power  despise  ; 
And  vainly  strove,  with  impious  joy, 
The  church  and  nation  to  destroy  ! 

6  We  praise  the  Lord,  who  heard  our  cries. 
And  sent  salvation  from  the  skies  : 

The  saints  who  saw  our  mournful  days, 

Shall  join  our  grateful  songs  of  praise. 

PSALM  v52.     Second  Part.     L.  M.  \ 

The  experience  of  the  Lord's  people  inliis  house. 

1  A    WORD  in  season,  spoke  with  power, 
-™-     I've  often  heard  within  these  walls  ; 
But  none  surpassing,  what  this  hour 
Attends  the  precious  gospel  calls., 

2  When  Christ  unveils  his  lovely  face, 
And  grace  for  grace  is  largely  given  ; 
A  glory  shines,  which  makes  this  place 
The  house  of  God,  the  gate  of  heaven. 

3  Here,  in  thy  courts,  let  me  be  seen, 
Growing  in  faith,  in  hope,  in  love  ; 
Like  olives  fair,  and  fresh  and  green,         ) 
And  ripening  for  the  world  above. 

4  Here  will  1  view  thy  glory,  Lord, 
And  songs  for  all  thy  goodness  raise  : 
Here  will  I  wait  to  hear  the  word, 

And  join  with  saints  who  sing  thy  praise. 

PSALM  53.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Practical  Atheism. 

1  "FTIHEREis  a  God,"  all  nature  cries  ; 

-*-  The  heaven's  and  earth  this  truth  con- 
Yet  this  the  atheist  fool  denies,  [fess  ; 
And  dares  his  impious  thoughts  express. 

2  The  Lord,  from  his  celestial  tower, 
Look'd  down  the  sons  of  men  to  view  ; 


92  PSALM  LI  V. 

To  see  if  any  own'd  his  power, 
If  any  truth  and  justice  knew. 

3  But  all  he  saw  were  gone  aside, 

All  in  their  hearts  were  atheists  grown  : 
None  took  religion  for  their  guide, 
Not  one  did  God  his  sovereign  own. 

4  O  wretched  state  !  how  fall'n  are  men ! 
How  guilty,  helpless,  lost,  and  deadl 
They're  all  concluded  under  sin, 
Their  hope  is  gone,  their  peace  is  fled. 

5  To  such,  the  Lord  his  gospel  sends  ; 
For  these,  a  Saviour  he  appoints ; 

To  them  his  grace  with  power  extends, 
And  changes  atheists  into  saints. 

PSALM  53.     Second  Part.     C.   M. 
Deliverance  from  persecution. 

1  A  RE  all  the  foes  of  Zion  fools, 
-^-     Who  thus  devour  her  saints  ? 
Do  they  not  know  her  Saviour  rules, 

And  pities  her  complaints  ? 

2  They  shall  be  seiz'd  with  sad  surprise  : 

For  God's  avenging  arm 
Scatters  the  bones  of  them  that  rise 
To  do  his  children  harm. 

3  In  vain  the  sons  of  satan  boast 

Of  armies  in  array  ; 
When  God  has  first  dispers'd  their  host 
They  fall  an  easy  prey. 

4  O  for  a  word  from  Zion's  King, 

Her  captives  to  restore  ! 
Jacob  with  all  his  tribes  shall  sing, 
And  Judah  weep  no  more. 
PSALM  54.     P.  M. 

Prayer  for  deliverance  from  enemies, 

I   lk/t'^  God,  preserve  my  soul ; 
-*-"     O  make  my  spirit  whole  ! 

To  save  me,  let  thy  strength  appear  ; 


PSALM  LV.  ;  93 

Strangers  my  steps  surround  ; 
Their  pride  and  rage  confound^ 
And  bring  thy  great  salvatiofi  near. 

2  Those  that  against  me  rise 
Are  aliens  from  the  skies ; 

They  hate  thy  church  and  kingdom,  Lord 
They  mock  thy  fearful  name  ; 
They  glory  in  their  shame, 

Nor  heed  the  wonders  of  thy  word. 

3  But  O  thou  king  divine, 
My  chosen  friends  are  thine, 

The  men  that  still  my  soul  sustain  : 
Wilt  thou  my  foes  subdue, 
And  form  their  hearts  anew, 

And  snatch  them  from  eternal  pain. 

4  Escap'd  from  every  woe, 
O  !  grant, me  here  below, 

To  praise  thy  name  with  those  I  love  : 
And  when  beyond  the  skies, 
Our  souls  unbodied  rise, 

LTnite  us  in  the  realms  above. 

PSALM  55.     First  Part.     C.  M.' 
Support  for  the  afflicted  and  tempted  soul. 

1  /"|  GOD,  my  refuge,  hear  my  crieA 
^J  Behold  my  flowing  tears  ; 

For  earth  and  hell  my  hurt  devise,        . 
And  triumph  in  my  fears. 

2  Their  rage  is  levePd  at  my  life, 

My  soul  with  guilt  they  load  ; 
And  fill  my  thoughts  with  inward  strife^ 
To  shake  my  hope  in  God. 

3  With  inward  pain  my  hearf-strings  sound* 

I  groan  with  every  breath  ; 
Horror  and  fear  beset  me  round, 
Among  the  shades  of  death. 

4  O,  were  I  like  a  feather'd  dove, 

Soon  would  I  stretch  my  wings  ; 


94  PSALM  LV. 

And  fly,  and  make  a  long  remove 
From  all  these  restless  things. 

5  Let  me  to  some  wild  desert  go, 

And  find  a  peaceful  home  ; 
Where  storms  of  malice  never  blow, 
Temptations  never  come. 

6  Vain  hopes,  and  vain  inventions  all, 

To  'scape  the  rage  of  hell ! 
The  mighty  God  on  whom  I  call, 
Can  save  me  here  as  well. 

PSALM  55.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
Daily  devotions. 

1  '£'  ET  sinners  take  their  course, 
■"  And  choose  the  road  to  death  ; 

But  in  the  worship  of  my  God 
I'll  spend  my  daily  breath. 

2  My  thoughts  address  his  throne, 
When  morning  brings  the  light ; 

1  seek  his  blessing  every  noon, 
And  pay  my  vows  at  night. 

3  Thou  wilt  regard  my  cries, 
O  my  eternal  God  ! 

While  sinners  perish  in  surprise 
Beneafth  thine  angry  rod. 

4  Because  they  dwell  at  ease, 
And  no  sad  changes  feel  ; 

They  neither  fear  nor  trust  thy  name, 
Nor  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

5  But  I  with  all  my  cares, 
Will  lean  upon  the  Lord  ; 

I'll  cast  my  burdens  on  his  arm, 
And  rest  upon  his  word. 

6  His  arm  shall  well  sustain 
The  children  of  his  love  ; 

The  ground  on  which  their  safety  stands, 
No  earthly  power  can  move. 


PSALM  LVI.  95 

PSALM  56.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Deliverance  from  oppression. 

1  f\  THOU,  whose  justice  reigns  on  high, 
^-J  And  makes  th'  oppressor  cease  ; 
Behold  how  envious  sinners  try 

To  vex  and  break  my  peace. 

2  The  sons  of  violence  and  lies 

Join  to  devour  me,  Lord  ; 
But  as  my  hourly  dangers  rise, 
My  refuge  is  thy  word. 

3  In  God,  most  holy,  just,  and  true, 

1  have  repos'd  my  trust  ; 
Nor  will  I  fear  wrhat  flesh  can  do, 
The  offspring  of  the  dust. 

4  They  wrest  my  words  to  mischief  still 

Charge  me  with  unknown  faults  ; 
Mischief  doth  all  their  counsels  fill, 
And  malice  all  their  thoughts. 

5  Shall  they  escape  without  thy  frown? 

Must  their  devices  stand  ? 
O  cast  the  haughty  sinner  down, 
And  let  him  know  thy  hand  ! 

PSALM  56.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
God's  care  of  his  people. 

1  1^1  OD  counts  the  sorrows  of  his  saints, 
^Jf     Their  groans  affect  his  ears  ; 
Thou  hast  a  book  for  my  complaints, 

A  bottle  for  my  tears. 

2  When  to  thy  throne  I  raise  my  cry, 

The  wicked  fear  and  flee  ; 
So  swift  is  prayer  to  reach  the  sky, 
So  near  is  God  to  me. 

3  In  thee,  most  holy,  just,  and  true, 

I  have  repos'd  my  trust ; 
Nor  will  1  fear  what  man  can  do, 
The  offspring  of  the  dust. 

4  Thy  solemn  vows  are  on  me,  Lord, 

Thou  strait  receive  my  praise  ; 


96  PSALM  LVIII. 

I'll  sing,  "  How  faithful  is  thy  word, 
"  How  righteous  all  thy  ways." 
5  Thou  hast  secur'd  my  soul  from  death, 
O  set  thy  prisoner  free  ! 
That  heart  and  hand,  and  life  and  breath 
May  be^mploy'd  for  thee. 
PSALM  57.    LL  M. 

Praise  for  protection,  grace  and  truth. 

1    1%/T Y  God,  in  whom  are  all  the  springs 
-!■"  Of  boundless  love,  and  grace  unknown; 
Hide  i-ne  beneath  thy  spreading  wings, 
'Till  the  dark  cloud  is  overblown. 

2  Up  to  the  heavens  1  send  my  cry, 
The' Lord  will  my  desires  perform  ; 
He  sends  his  angels  from  the  sky, 

And  saves  me  from  t\:e  threatening  storm 

3  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God  ! 

Above  the  heavens  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
Let  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell* 

1  My  heart  is  fix'd  ;  my  song  shall  raise 
Immortal  honours  to  thy  name  ; 
Awake,  my  tongue,  to  sound  his  praise. 
My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame. 

5  High  o'er  his  earth  his  mercy  reigns, 

'  And  reaches  to  the  utmost  sky, 
His  truth  to  endless  years  remains, 
When  lower  worlds  dissolve  and  die. 

3  Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God  ! 
Above  the  heavens  where  angels  dwell  ; 
Thy  power  on  earth  be  known  abroad, 
And  land  to  land  thy  wonders  tell. 

PSALM  58.  P.  M. 

Warning  to  magistrates. 

I      FUDGES,  who  rule  the  world  by  laws, 
**  Will  ye  despise  the  righteous  cause, 
When  vile  oppression  wastes  the  land/ 


PSALM  LIX.  97 

Dare  ye  condemn  the  righteous  poor, 
And  let  rich  sinners  'scape  secure, 
While  gold  and  greatness  bribe  your  hand 1 

2  Have  ye  forgot  or  never  knew, 
That  God  will  judge  the  judges  too  ? 

High  in  the  heavens  his  justice  reigns  : 
Yet  you  invade  the  rights  of  God, 
And  send  your  bold  decrees  abroad, 

To  bind  the  conscience  in  your  chains. 

3  A  poison'd  arrow  is  your  tongue, 
The  arrow  sharp,  the  poison  strong, 

And  death  attends  where'er  it  wounds  ; 
You  hear  no  counsels,  cries  or  tears  ; 
So  the  deaf  adder  stops  her  ears 

Against  the  power  of  charming  sounds, 

4  Break  out  their  teeth,  eternal  God  ! 
Those  teeth  of  lions  dy'd  in  blood  ; 

And  crush  the  serpents  in  the  dust : 
As  empty  chaff,  when  whirlwinds  rise, 
Before  the  sweeping  tempest  flies, 

So  let  their  names  and  hopes  be  lost 
o  The  almighty  thunders  from  the  sky, 
Their  grandeur  melts,  their  titles  die, 

As  hills  of  snow  dissolve  and  run  ; 
Or  snails  that  perish  in  their  slime, 
Or  births  that  come  before  their  time, 

Vain  births  that  never  see  the  sun. 

6  Thus  shall  the  vengeance  of  the  Lord, 
Safety  and  joy  to  saints  afford  ; 

And  all  that  hear  shall  join  and  say, 
"  Sure  there's  a  God  that  rules  on  high, 
"  A  God  that  hears  his  children  cry, 
"  And  will  their  sufferings  well  repay." 
PSALM  59.    S.  M. 

Complaints  against  invading  Joes, 

?   Xj^ROiVi  foes  that  round  us  rise, 
-F      O  God  of  heaven,  defend, 
9 


98  PSALM  LX. 

Who  brave  the  vengeance  of  the  skies, 
And  with  thy  saints  contend. 

2  Behold,  from  distant  shores,  . 
And  desert  wilds  they  come, 

Combine  for  blood  their  barbarous  force, 
And  through  our  cities  roam. 

3  Beneath  the  silent  shade, 
Their  secret  plots  they  lay  ; 

Our  peaceful  walls  by  night  invade,   ' 
And  waste  the  fields  byday. 

4  And  will  the  God  of  grace, 
Regardless  of  our  pain, 

Permit  secure  that  impious  race, 
To  riot  in  their  reign  ! 

5  In  vain  their  secret  guile, 
Or  open-force  they  prove  ; 

His  eye  can  pierce  the  deepest  veil  ; 
His  hand  their  strength  remove. 

6  Yet  save  them,  Lord,  from  death, 
Lest  we  forget  their  doom  ; 

But  drive  them  with  thine  angry  breath, 
Through  distant  lands  to  roam. 

7  Then  shall  our  grateful  voice 
Proclaim  our  guardian  God  ; 

The  nations  round  the  earth  rejoice, 
And  sound  the  prajse  abroad. 
PSALM  60.    C.  M.     . 

On  a  day  of  humiliation  in  war. 

i    |"  ORD  thou  hast  scourg'd  our  guilty  land, 
*-A     Behold  thy  people  mouun  ; 
Shall  vengeance  ever  guide  thy  hand  ? 
Shall  mercy  ne'er  return. 
2  Beneath  the  terrors  of  thine  eye, 
Earth's  haughty  towers  decay  ; 
Thy  frowning  mantle  spreads  the  sky. 
And  mortals  melt  away. 


PSALM  LXI.       .  90 

3  Our  Zion  trembles  at  thy  stroke, 

And  dreads  thy  lifted  hand  ! 
O,  heal  the  nation  thou  hast  broke, 
And  save  the  sinking  land. 

4  Exalt  the  banner  in  the  field, 

For  those  that  fear  thy  name  ; 
From  barbarous  hosts  thy  people  shield, 
And  put  our  foes  fo  shame. 

j  Attend  our  armies  to  the  fight, 
And  be  their  guardian  God  : 
In  vain  shall  num'rous  powers  unite, 
Against  thy  lifted  rod. 

6  Our  troops,  beneath  thy  guiding  hand, 
Shall  gain  a  glad  renown ; 
'Tis  God  who  makes  the  feeble  stand, 
And  treads  the  mighty  down.  • 
PSALM  61.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
Safety  in  God. 

1  TM/'HEN  overwhelmed  with  grief, 

▼  ▼      My  heart  within  me  dies^ ; 
Helpless  and  far  from  all  relief, 
i     To  heaven  1  lift  mine  eyes. 

2  O  lead  me  to  the  rock, 
That's  high  above  my  head  ; 

And  make  the  covert  of  thy  wings, 
My  shelter  and  my  shade.   * 

3  Within  thy  presence,  Lord, 
For  ever  I'll  abide  ; 

Thou  art  the  tower  of  my  defence* 
The  refuge  where  I  hide. 

4  Thou  givest  me  the  lot 

Of  those  that  fear  thy  name  ; 
If  endless  life  be  their  reward, 
I  shall  possess  the  same. 

PSALM  61.     Second  Part.     L.   M, 
Jesus  is  our  kirig. 

1   1VJY  soul  of  thy  protection  sure, 
-*-"  Againsther  fo£s  shall  rest  secure  ;: 


100  PSALM  LXII. 

For  thou,  O  God,  hast  heard  my  vows, 
And  brought  me  joyful  to  thy  house. 

2  With  alJ  thy  saints  I'll  strive  to  sing 
The  glories  of  my  heavenly  king, 
Whom  thou  in  mercy  didst  ordain, 
Should  o'er  thy  chosen  people  reign. 

3  Jesus  shall  live  for  ever  blest, 

And  give  his  people  peace  and  rest ; 
His  years  shall  last,  and  God  will  own 
His  righteous  sceptre,  and  his  throne. 

4  O  let  thy  truth  prepare  the  way, 
In  mercy,  Lord,  extend  his  sway, 
Thus  we'll  devote  our  future  days, 
To  pay  our  vows  and  sing  thy  praise. 

PSALM  62.     L.  M. 

Faith  in  the  grace  and  power  qftlie  Redeemer. 

1  TkM Y  spirit  looks  to  God  alone  ; 

■i"     My  rock  and  refuge  is  his  throne  ; 
In  all  my  fears,  in  all  my  straits, 
My  soul  on  his  salvation  waits. 

2  Trust  him,  ye  saints,  in  all  your  ways, 
Pour  out  your  hearts  before  his  face  : 
When  helpers  fail,  and  foes  invade, 
God  is  our  all-sufficient  aid. 

3  False  are  the  men  of  high  degree, 
The  baser  sort  are  vanity  ; 
Laid  in  the  balance  both  appear 
Light  as  a  puff  of  empty  air. 

4  Make  not  increasing  gold  your  trust, 
Nor  set  your  hearts  on  glittering  dust ; 
Why  will  ye  grasp  the  fleeting  smoke, 
And  not  believe  what  God  has  spoke  ? 

5  Once  hath  his  awful  voice  declar'd, 
Once  and  again  my  ears  have  heard, 
"  All  power  is  his  eternal  due  ; 

"  He  must  be  fear'd  and  trusted  too." 

6  For  sovereign  power  reigns  not  alone, 
Grace  is  a  partner  of  the  throne  ; 


PSALM  LXIII.  up 

Thy  grace  and  justice,  mighty  Lord, 
Shall  well  divide  our  last  reward. 

PSALM  63.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
The  morning  of  a  LoroVs  day. 

1  ¥71 ARLY,  my  God,  without  delay, 
-■-*     I  haste  to  seek  thy  face  ; 

My  thirsty  spirit  faints  away, 
Without  thy  cheering  grace. 

2  I've  seen  thy  glory  and  thy  power. 

Through  all  thy  temples  shine  ; 
My  God,  repeat  that  heavenly  hour, 
That  vision  so  divine. 

3  Not  life  itself,  with  all  its  joys, 

Can  my  best  passions  move, 
Or  raise  so  high  my  cheerful  voice, 
As  thy  forgiving  love. 

4  Thus  'till  my  last  expiring  day 

I'll  bless  my  God  and  King  ; 
Thus  will  1  lift  my  hands  to  pray. 
And  tune  my  lips  to  sing. 

PSALM  63.     Second  Pari.     L.  M. 
The  love  of  God  better  than  life, 

1  £^i  REAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim,, 
^J*    Thou  art  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest  ;■ 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name, 
Stand  allengag'd  to  make  me  blest. 

2  Thou  Great  and  Good,  thou  Just  and  Wise  ;, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God  ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties  ; 

Thy  son,  thy  servant  bought  with  blood.. 

3  With  early  feet  I  love  t'  appear 
Among  thy  saints,  and  seek  thy  face  ; 
Oft  have  I  seen  thy  glory  there* 

And  felt  the  power  of  sovereign  grace. 

4  Not  fruits  nor  wines  that  tempt  our  taster 
Nor  all  the  joys  our  senses  know, 
Could  make  me  so  divinely  blest. 

Ox  raise  my  cheerful  passion  so. 
9* 


102  PSALM  LX1II,  LXIV. 

5  My  life  itself,  without  thy  love, 
No  taste  of  pleasure  could  afford; 
'Twould  but  a  tiresome  burden  prove, 
If  I  were  banish'd  from  the  Lord. 

6  Amidst  the  wakeful  hours  of  night, 
When  busy  cares  afflict  my  head, 
One  thought  of  thee  gives  new  delight, 
And  adds  refreshment  to  my  bed. 

7  I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise  ; 
This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  spend  the  remnant  of  my  days. 

PSALM  63.     Third  Part.     S.  M. 
Seeking  God. 

1  TkM  Y  God,  permit  my  tongue 
■*■"   This  joy,  to  call  thee  mine  ; 

And  let  my  early  cries  prevail 
To  taste  thy  love  divine. 

2  My  thirsty  fainting  soul 
Thy  mercy  does  implore  ; 

Not  travellers  in  desert  lands 
Can  pant  for  water  more. 

3  Within  thy  churches,  Lord, 
1  long  to  find  my  place ; 

Thy  power  and  glory  to  behold, 
And  feel  thy  quick'ning  grace. 

4  Since  thou  hast  been  my  help, 
To  thee  my  spirit  flies 

And  on  thy  watchful  providence, 
My  cheerful  hope  relies. 

5  The  shadow  of  thy  wings, 
My  soul  in  safety  keeps  ; 

1  follow  where  my  Father  leads, 
And  he  supports  my  steps. 

PSALM  64.     L.  M. 

Hope  in  God  for  deliverance  from  enemies. 

1    g~1  REAT  God,  attend  to  my  complaint, 
^-*  Nor  let  my  drooping  spirit  faint  ; 


PSALM  LXV.  103 

When  foes  in  secret  spread  the  snare, 
Let  my  salvation  be  thy  care. 

2  Shield  me  without,  and  guard  within, 
From  vile  temptations  and  from  sin; 
May  envy,  lust,  and  pride  depart, 
And  heavenly  grace  expand  my  heart,. 

3  Thy  justice  and  thy  power  display, 
And  scatter  far  thy  foes  away; 
While  listening  .nations  learn  thy  wrord^ 
And  saints,  triumphant,  bless  the  Lord.  / 

5  Then  shall  thy  Church  exalt  her  voice. 
And  all  that  love  thy  name  rejoice  ; 
By  faith  approach  thine  awful  throne, 
And  plead  the  merits  of  thy  Son. 

PSALM  65.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
A  prayer  hearing  God. 

1  "ORAISE  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  for  thee  ; 
-T     There  shall  our  vows  be  paid  : 
Thou  hast  an  ear  when  sinners  pray ; 

All  flesh  shall  seek  thine  aid. 

2  Lord,  our  iniquities  prevail, 

But  pardoning  grace  is  thine ;     - 
And  thou  wilt  grant  us  power  and  skill 
To  conquer  every  sin. 

3  Blest  are  the  men  whom  thou  wilt  choose 

To  bring  them  near  thy  face  ; 
Give  them  a  dwelling  in  thy  house, 
To  feast  upon  thy  grace. 

4  In  answering  what  thy  church  requests. 

Thy  truth  and  terror  shine : 
And  works  of  dreadful  righteousness 
Fulfil  thy  kind  design. 

5  Thus  shall  the  wondering  nations  see 

The  Lord  is  good  and  just ; 
And  distant  islands  fly  to  thee, 
And  make  thy  name  U,eir  trust. 

6  They  dread  thy  glittering  tokens,  Lord, 
When  signs  in  heaven  appear  ; 


104  PSALM  LXV. 

But  they  shall  learn  thy  holy  word, 

And  love  as  well  as  fear. 
-      PSALM  65.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  providence  of  God  in  air,  earth  and  sea. 

1  'f|^IS  by  thy  strength  the  mountains  stand, 

■JL    God  of  eternal  power  ; 
The  sea  grows  calm  at  thy  command, 
And  tempests 'cease  to  roar. 

2  Thy  morning  light  and  evening  shade 

Successive  comforts  bring ; 
Thy  plenteous  fruits  make  harvest  glad, 
Thy  flowers  adorn  the  spring. 

3  Seasons  and  times,  and  moons  and  hourSj 

Heaven,  earth,  and  air  are  thine  1 
When  clouds  distil  in  fruitful  showers. 
The  author  is  divine. 

1  Those  wandering  cisterns  in  the  sky, 
Borne  by  the  winds  around, 
With  wat'ry  treasures  well  supply 
The  furrows  of  the  ground. 

5  The  thirsty  ridges  drink  their  fill, 
And  ranks  of  corn  appear  ; 
Thy  ways  abound  with  blessings  still. 
Thy  goodness  crowns  the  year. 
PSALM  6b.     Third  Part.     P.  M. 
The  providence  of  God  in  the  seasons. 

1  ¥TTOW  pleasing  is  thy  voice, 
SOL  O  Lord,  our  heavenly  King, 
That  bids  the  frosts  retire, 

And  wakes  the  lovely  spring !  . 
The  rains  return,  the  ice  distils, 
And  plains  and  hills  forget  to  mourn  ; 

2  The  lofty  mountains  stand, 
Establish'd  by  thine  arm  : 
Thy  voice  the  ocean  stills, 
The  tumult,  and  the  storm. 

Through  earth  and  skies,  with  terror  spread^ 
Thy  tokens  dread  all  lands  surprise. 


PSALM  LXVI.  i  105 

3  The  morn  with  glory  crown'd, 

Thy  hand  arrays  in  smiles  ; 

Thou  bids!  the  eve  decline, 

Rejoicing  o'er  the  hills. 
Soft  suns  ascend  ;  the  mild  wind  blows ; 
And  beauty  glows  to  earth's  far  end. 

i  Thou  mak'st  the  pasture  green  ; 

Thou  calPst  the  flocks  abroad  ; 

The  springing  corn  proclaims 

The  footsteps  of  our  God. 
Both  bird  and  beast  partake  thy  care, 
And  happy,  share  the  general  feast. 

5  Thy  showers  make  soft  the  fields ; 
On  every  side,  behold ! 

The  ripening  harvests  wave 

Their  loads  of  richest  gold. 
The  labourers  sing  with  cheerful  voice, 
And,  blest,  rejoice  in  God  their  King. 

6  The  thunder  is  his  voice  ; 
His  arrows  blazing  fires ; 
He  glows  in  yonder  sun, 
And  smiles  in  starry  choirs. 

The  balmy  breeze  his  breath  perfumes  : 
His  beauty  blooms,  in  flowers  and  trees. 

7  With  life  he  clothes  the  spring  ; 
The  earth  with  summer  warms ; 
He  spreads  th3  autumnal  feast, 
And  rides  in  wint'ry  storms, 

His  gifts  divine  through  all  appear, 
And  round  the  year  his  glories  shine. 
PSALM  66.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Our  graces  tried  by  afflictions. 

1  C1NG,  all  ye  nations,  to  the  Lord, 
^   Sing  with  a  joyful  noise  ; 
With  melody  of  sound  record 

His  honours,  and  your  joys. 

2  Say  to  the  Power  that  shakes  the  sky, 

"  How  terrible  art  thou ! 


I  Ob  FSAJL31  LAY  1. 

"  Sinners  before  thy  presence  fly, 
"  Or  at  thy  feet  they  bow/'  i 

3  He  rules  by  his  resistless  might: 

Will  rebel  mortals  dare 
Provoke  th'  Eternal  to  the  fight, 
And  tempt  that  dreadful  war. 

4  O  bless  our  God,  and  never  cease ; 

Ye  saints  fulfil  his  praise  ; 
He  keeps  our  life,  maintains  our  peace, 
And  guides  our  doubtful  ways. 

5  Lord,  thou  hast  prov'd  our  suffering  souls 

To  make  our  graces  snine, 
So  silver  bears  the  burning  coals, 
The  metal  to  refine. 

6  Through  watery  deeps,  and  fiery  ways, 

We  march  at  thy  command  ; 
Led,,  to  possess  the  promis'd  place, 
By  thine  unerring  hand. 

PSALM  66.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Praise  to  God  for  hearing  prayer. 

1  T\J"OWr  shall  my  solemn  vows  be  paid 
1^1      To  that  Almighty  Power, 
Who  heard  the  long  requests  1  made 

In  my  distressful  hour. 

2  My  lips  and  cheerfulheart  prepare 

To  make  his  mercies  known ; 
Come,  ye  that  fear  my  God,  and  hear 
The  wonders  he  hath  done. 

3  When  on  my  head  huge  sorrows  fell, 

I  sought  his  heavenly  aid  ; 
He  sav'd  my  sinking  soul  from  hell, 
A*jd  death's  eternal  shade. 

4  If  sin  lay  covered  in  my  heart, 

While  prayer  employ'd  my  tongue.. 
The  Lord  had  shown  me  no  regard 
Nor  1  his  praises  sung. 


PSALM  LXVIT,  LXVIII.  107 

b  But  God  (his  name  be  ever  blest) 
Hath  set  my  spirit  free  ; 
Nor  turn'd  from  him  my  poor  request, 
Nor  turn'd  his  heart  from  me. 
PSALM  67.     C.  M. 

The  prosperity  of  the  nation,  and  increase  of  the  church, 

1  ^JHINE  on  our  land,  Jehovah,  shine, 
£3  With  beams  of  heavenly  grace  ! 
Reveal  thy  power  through  all  our  coasts, 

And  shew  thy  smiling  face. 

2  Here  fix  thy  throne  exalted  high, 

And  here,  our  glory  stand  ; 
And,  like  a  wall  of  guardian  fire, 
Surround  thy  favourite  land. 

3  When  shall  thy  name  from  shore  to  shore 

Sound  all  the  earth  abroad, 
And  distant  nations  know  and  love 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God  ? 

4  Sing  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands, 

Sing  loud  with  solemn  voice  ; 
Let  thankful  tongues  exalt  his  praise, 
And  thankful  hearts  rejoice. 

5  He,  the  great  Lord,  the  sovereign  Judge, 

That  sits  enthron'd  above, 
-  Wisely  commands  the  worlds  he  made, 
Injustice  and  in  love. 

6  Earth  shall  confess  her  Maker's  hand, 

And  yield  a  full  increase  ; 
Our  God  will  crown  his  chosen  land 
With  fruitfulness  and  peace. 

7  God,  the  Redeemer,  scatters  round 

His  choicest  favours  here  ; 
While  the  creation's  utmost  bound 
Shall  see,  adore,  and  fear. 

PSALM  68.     First  Part.     L.   M. 
The  vengeance  and  compassion  of  God. 

1  ET  God  arise  in  all  his  might, 

-"-*  And  put  the  troops  of  hell  to  flight ; 


108  PSALM  LXV1II. 

As  smoke,  that  sought  to  cloud  the  skies.. 
Before  the  rising  tempest  flies. 

2  He  rides  and  thunders  through  the  sky  ; 
His  name  Jehovah  sounds  on  high  ; 
Sing  to  his  name,  ye  sons  of  grace  > 

Ye  saints,  rejoice  before  his  face. 

3  The  widow  and  the  fatherless 
Fly  to  his,  aid  in  sharp  distress  ; 
in  him,  the  poor  and  helpless  find 
A  Judge  that's  just,  a  Father  kind. 

4  He  breaks  the  captive's  heavy  chain, 
And  prisoners  see  the  light  again  ; 
But  rebels,  that  dispute  his  will, 
Shall  dwell  in  chains  and  darkness  still. 

5  Kingdoms  and  thrones  to  God  belong ; 
Crown  him,  ye  nations,  in  your  song ; 

His  wondrous  names  and  powers  rehearse » 
His  honours  shall  enrich  your  verse. 

6  He  shakes  the  heavens  with  loud  alarms ; 
How  terrible  is  God  in  arms ! 

In  Israel  are  his  mercies  known, 
Israel  is  his  peculiar  throne* 

7  Proclaim  him  King,  pronounce  him  blest 
He's  your  defence,  your  joy,  your  rest : 
When  terrors  rise,  and  nations  faint, 
God  is  the  strength  of  every  saint. 

PSALM  68.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  ascension  of  Christ,  and  the  gift  of  the  Spirit. 

1  I'  ORD,  when  thou  didst  ascend  on  high, 
•"  Ten  thousand  angels  fhTd  the  sky; 
Those  heavenly  guards  around  thee  wait. 
Lake  chariots  that  attend  thy  state. 

2  Not  Sinai's  mountain  could  appear 
More  glorious  when  the  Lord  was  there ; 
While  he  pronounc'd  his  dreadful  law, 
And  struck  the  chosen  tribes  with  awe* 


PSALM  LXIX.  109 

3  How  bright  the  triumph  none  can  tell, 
When  the  rebellious  pow'rs  of  hell, 
That  thousand  souls  had  captive  made, 
Were  all  in  chains  like  captives  led. 

4  Raised  by  his  Father  to  the  throne, 
He  sent  his  promis'd  Spirit  down, 
With  gifts  and  grace  for  rebel  men, 
That  God  might  dwell  on  earth  again. 

PSALM   68.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Praise  for  common  and  special  mercies. 

1  \MTE  bless  the  Lord,  the  just,  the  good, 

▼  ▼    Who  fills  our  hearts  with  joy  and  food; 
Who  pours  his  blessings  from  the  skies, 
And  loads  our  days  with  rich  supplies. 

2  He  sends  the  sun  his  circuit  round, 

To  cheer  the  fruits,  to  warm  the  ground  : 
He  bids  the  clouds,  with  plenteous  rain, 
Refresh  the  thirsty  earth  again. 

3  'Tis  to  his  care  we  owe  our  breath, 
And  all  our  near  escapes  from  death ; 
Safety  and  health  to  God  belong, 

He  heals  the  weak,  and  guards  the  strong. 

4  He  makes  the  saint  and  sinner  prove 
The  common  blessings  of  his  love  : 
But  the  wide  difference  that  remains, 
Is  endless  joy  and  endless  pains. 

5  The  Lord  that  bruis'd  the  serpent's  head, 
On  all  the  serpent's  seed  shall  tread ; 
The  stubborn  sinner's  hope  confound, 
And  smite  him  with  a  lasting  wound. 

6  But  his  right  hand  his  saints  shall  raise 
From  the  deep  earth,  or  deeper  seas, 
And  bring  them  to  his  courts  above ; 
T  here  shall  they  taste  his  special  love. 

PSALM  69.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
Christ' s  passion  and  sinner's  salvation,, 

|EEP  in  our  hearts  let  us  record 
The  deeper  sorrows  of  our  Lord; 
10 


D 


110  PSALM  LX1X. 

Behold  !  the  rising  billows  roll, 
To  overwhelm  his  holy  soul. 

2  Jn  long  complaints  he  spends  his  breath, 
While  hosts  of  hell  and  powers  of  death, 
And  all  the  sons  of  malice  join 

To  execute  their  curs'd  design. 

3  Yel,  gracious  God,  thy  power  and  love 
Has  made  the  curse  a  blessing  prove  ; 
Those  dreadful  sufferings  of  thy  Son 
Aton'd  for  sins  which  we  had  done. 

4  The  pangs  of  our  expiring  Lord 
The  honours  of  thy  law  restor'd  : 
His  sorrows  made  thy  justice  known. 
And  paid  for  follies  not  his  own. 

5  O  for  his  sake  our  guilt  forgive, 
And  let  the  mourning  sinner  live  ! 
The  Lord  will  hear  us  in  his  name, 
Nor  shall  our  hope  be  turn'd  to  shame. 

PSALM  69.     Second  Part.     L.  M 
The  suffering*  and  zeal  of  Christ. 

1  Fl^WAS  for  my  sake,  eternal  God, 

A      Thy  Son  sustain'd  that  heavy  load 
Of  base  reproach  and  sore  disgrace  ; 
And  shame  dehTd  his  sacred  face. 

2  The  Jews,  his  brethren  and  his  kin  ; 
Abus'd  the  man  that  check'd  their  sin  : 
While  he  fulfill'd  thy  holy  laws, 
They  hate  him,  but  without  a  cause. 

3  '•  My  father's  house,"  said  he  "was  made 
"  A  place  for  worship,  not  for  trade  ;" 
Then  scatt'ring  all  their  gold  and  brass, 
He  scourg'd  the  merchants  from  the  place. 

4  Zeal  from  the  temple  of  his  God 
Consum'd  his  life,  expos'd  his  blood  ; 
Reproaches  at  thy  glory  thrown, 

He  felt  and  mourn'd  them  as  his  own. 


PSALM  LXIX.  Ill 

His  friends  forsook,  his  followers  fled, 
While  foes  and  arms  surround  his  head  ; 
They  curse  him  with  a  slanderous  tongue. 
And  the  false  judge  maintains  the  wrong. 

His  life  they  load  with  hateful  lies, 
And  charge  his  lips  with  blasphemies; 
They  nail  him  to  the  shameful  tree  ; 
There  hung  my  Lord,  who  died  for  me. 

Wretches,  with  hearts  as  hard  as  stone 
Insult  his  piety  and  groans  ; 
Gall  was  the  food  they  gave  him  there, 
And  mock'dhis  thirst:  with  vinegar. 
But  God  beheld  ;  and  from  his  throne 
Mark'd  out  the  men  that  hate  his  Son  ; 
The  hand  that  rais'd  him  from  the  dead, 
Shall  pour  due  vengeance  on  their  head. 

PSALM  69.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
God  glorified  in  the  obedience  and  death  of  Christ. 

FATHER,  I  sing  thy  wondrous  grace, 
I  bless  my  Saviour's  name  ; 
He  bought  salvation  for  the  poor, 
And  bore  the  sinner's  shame. 

His  deep  distress  hath  rais'd  us  high  ; 

His  duty  and  his  zeal 
Fulflll'd  the  law  which  mortals  broke, 

And  finish'd  all  thy  will. 

His  dying  groans,  his  living  songs     , 

Shall  better  please  my  God, 
Than  harp's  or  trumpet's  solemn  sound, 

Than  goat's  or  bullocks'  blood. 

This  shall  his  humble  followers  see, 

And  set  their  hearts  at  rest ; 
They  by  his  death  draw  near  to  thee, 

And  live  forever  blest. 
Let  heaven  and  all  that  dwell  on  high 

To  God  their  voices  raise  ;_ 


112  PSALM  LXX. 

While  lands  and  seas  assist  the  sky, 
And  join  t'  advance  the  praise. 
6  Zion  is  thine,  most  holy  God  ; 
Thy  son  shall  bless  her  gates  ; 
And  glory,  purchased  by  his  blood, 
For  thine  own  Israel  waits. 

PSALM  70.    L.  M. 

A  prayer  of  the  Church. for  the  presence  of  Christ. 

1  tf^THOTT,  whose  hand  the  kingdom  sways ; 
^-^  Whom  earth  and  hell  and  heaven  obeys ; 
To  help  thy  chosen  sons  appear, 

And  show  thy  power  and  glory  here  ! 

2  While  stupid  wretches,  sunk  in  sleep, 
Slide  onward  to  the  fiery  deep, 

To  sense,  and  sin,  and  madness  given, 
Believe  no  hell,  and  wish  no  heaven  ; 

3  While  fools  deride,  while  foes  oppress, 
And  Zion  mourns  in  deep  distress  ; 

Her  friends  withdraw,  her  foes  grow  bold. 
Truth  fails,  and  love  is  waxen  cold. 

4  O  haste,  with  every  gift  inspir'd, 
With  glory,  truth,  and  grace  attir'd, 
Thou  Star  of  heaven's  eternal  morn  ; 
Thou  Son,  whom  beams  divine  adorn  ! 

5  Assert  the  honour  of  thy  name  ; 
O'erwhelm  thy  foes  with  fear  and  shame  ; 
Then  send  thy  Spirit  from  above, 

And  change  their  enmity  to  love. 

6  Saints  shall  be  glad  before  thy  face, 
And  grow  in  faith,  in  truth  and  grace  ; 
Thy  church  sh  all  blossom  in  thy  sight, 
Yield  fruits  of  peace  and  pure  delight. 

7  O  hither,  then,  thy  footsteps  bend  ; 
Swift  as  a  roe,  from  hills  descend  ; 
Mild  as  the  sabbath's  cheerful  ray, 
'Till  life  unfolds  eternal  day  ! 


PSALM  LXXL  113 

PSALM  71.     First  Part.     C.  Ml 
The  aged  saint's  reflection  and  hope. 

1  IklW Y  God,  my  everlasting  hope, 
-*•"     I  live  upon  thy  truth  ; 

Thy  hands  have  held  my  childhood  up. 
And  strengthen'd  all  my  youth. 

2  My  flesh  was  fashion'd  by  the  power, 

With  all  these  limbs  of  mine  ; 
And  from  my  mother's  painful  hour, 
I've  been  entirely  thine. 

3  Still  hath  my  life  new  wonders  seen 

Repeated  ev'ry  year  -y 
Behold  my  days  that  yet  remain, 
I'll  trust  them  to  thy  care. 

4  Cast  me  not  off  when  strength  declines. 

When  hoary  hairs  arise  ; 
And  round  me  let  thy  glory  shine 
Whene'er  thy  servant  dies.  - 

5  Then  in  the  history  of  my  age 

When  men  review  my  days, 
They'll  read  thy  love  in  every  page 
In  every  line  thy  praise. 

PSALM  71.     Second  Part.     C.  M; 
Christ  is  our  strength  and  righteousness. 

I   Tt/1  Y  Saviour,  my  Almighty  Friend, 
If  J.  When  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end. 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace  ? 

1  Thou  art  my  everlasting  trust, 
Thy  goodness  I  adore !    * 
And,  since  I  knew  thy  graces  first, 
I  speak  thy  glories  more. 
J  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 
Of  the  celestial  road ; 
And  -march  with  courage  in  thy  strength,* 
To  see  my  Father,  God, 
10* 


114  PSALM   LXXI. 

4  When  I  am  fill'd  with  sore  distress 

For  some  surprising  sin, 
I'll  plead  thy  perfect  righteousness, 
And  mention  none  but  thine. 

5  How  will  my  lips  rejoice  to  tell 

The  victories  of  my  King ! 
My  soul,  redeem'd  from  sin  and  hell. 
Shall  thy  salvation  sing. 

6  My  tongue  shall  all  the  day  proclaim 

My  Saviour  and  my  God ; 
His  death  hath  brought  my  foes  to  shame 

And  sav'd  me  by  his  blood. 
9  Awake,  awake  my  tuneful  powers ; 

With  this  delightful  song, 
I'll  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 

Nor  think  the  season  long. 

PSALM  71.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 

The  aged  Christian's  prayer  and  song. 

1  f*i  OD  of  my  childhood  and  my  youth-, 
^W  The  guide  of  all  my  days, 

1  have  declar'd  thy  heavenly  truth, 
And  told  thy  wondrotts  ways. 

2  Wilt  thou  forsake  my  hoary  hairs, 

And  leave  my  fainting  heart  ? 
Who  shall  sustain  my  sinking  years 
If  God,  my  strength,  depart  ? 

3  Let  me  thy  power  and  truth  proclaim 

To  the  surviving  age  ; 
And  leave  a  savour  of  thy  name, 
When  I  shall  quit  the  stage. 

4  The  land  of  silence  and  of  death 

Attends  my  next  remove ; 
O  may  these  poor  remains  of  breath 
Teach  the  wide  world  thy  love  ! 
5f  Thy  righteousness'  is  deep  and  high : 
Unsearchable  thy  deeds: 


PSALM  LXXIi.  115 

Thy  glory  spreads  beyond  the  sky, 
And  all  my  praise  exceeds. 

6  Oft  have  I  heard  thy  threatenings  roar  ; 

And  oft  endur'd  the  grief; 
But  when  thy  hand  has  prest  me  sore, 
Thy  grace  was  my  relief. 

7  By  long  experience  have  I  known 

Thy  sovereign  power  to  save  ; 
At  thy  command,  I  venture  down 
Securely  to  the  grave. 

8  When  1  lie  buried  deep  in  dust, 

My  flesh  shall  be  thy  care ; 
These  withering  limbs  with  thee  I  trust, 
To  raise  them  strong  and  fair. 

PSALM  72.     First  Part    L.  M. 
"The  kingdom  of  Christ, 

1  i^i  REAT  God,  whose  universal  sway 
'J*.  The  known  and  unknown  worlds  obey, 
Now  give  the  kingdom  to  thy  Son, 
Extend  his  power,  exalt  his  throne. 

2  Thy  sceptre  well  becomes  his  hands, 
All  heaven  submits  to  his  commands; 
His  justice  shall  avenge  the  poor, 
And  pride  and  rage  prevail  no  more. 

3  With  power  he  vindicates  the  just, 
And  treads  th'  oppressor  in- the  dust; 
His  worship  and  his  fears  shall  last, 
'Till  hours,  and  years,  and  time  be  past 

4  As  rain  on  meadows  newly  mown, 
So  shall  he  send  his  influence  down  ; 
His  grace  on  fainting  souls  distils* 
Like  heavenly  dew  on  thirsty  hills. 

5  The  heathen  lands,  that  lie  beneath 
The  shades  of  overspreading  death, 
Revive  at  his  first  dawning  light, 
And  deserts  blossom  at  the  sight 


116  PSALM  LXXII. 

6  The  saints  shall  flourish  in  his  days, 
Drest  in  the  robes  of  joy  and  praise  ; 
Peace,  like  a  river,  from  his  throne, 
Shall  flow  to  nations  yet  unknown. 

PSALM  72.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  kingdom  of  Christ  among  the  Gentiles. 

1  IESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
»    Does  his  successive  journies  run ; 
His  kingdom  stretch  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 

2  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  praises  throng  to  crown  his  head ; 
His  name,  like  sweet  perfume,  shall  rise 
With  ev'ry  morning  sacrifice. 

3  People  and  realms  of  ev'ry  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song ; 
And  infant  voiees  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

4  Blessings  abound  where'er  he  reigns, 
The  pris'ner  leaps  to  lose  his  chains ; 
The  weary  find  eternal  rest, 

And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blest. 

5  Where  he  displays  his  healing  power, 
Death  and  the  curse  are  known  no  more; 
In  him  the  tribes  of  Adam  boast 

More  blessings  than  their  father  lost. 

6  Let  ev'ry  creature  rise  and  bring, 
Peculiar  honours  to  our  King ; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud  Amen. 

PSALM  72.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  glory  of  Christ. 

1    FJpHE  mem'ry  of  Christ's  glorious  name 
-■-    Through  endless  years  shall  run ; 
His  spotless  fame  shall  shine  as  bright 
And  lasting  as  the  sun. 


PSALM  LXXI1L  117 

2  In  him  the  nations  of  the  world 

Shall  be  completely  bless'd  ; 
And  his  imputed  righteousness 
By  ev'ry  tongue  confess'd. 

3  Then  bless'd  be. God,  the  mighty  Lord, 

The  God  whom  Israel  fears ; 
Who  only  wondrous  in  his  works, 
Beyond  compare  appears. 

4  Let  earth  be  with  his  glory  fill'd ; 

For  ever  bless  his  name ; 
Whilst  to  his  praise,  the  listening  world 
Their  glad  assent  proclaim. 

PSALM  73.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
The  mystery  of  Providence  unfolded. 

1  CURE  there's  a  righteous  God, 
^  Nor  is  religion  vain : 

Though  men  of  vice  may  boast  aloud, 
And  men  of  grace  complain. 

2  I  saw  the  wicked  rise, 
And  felt  my  heart  repine, 

While  haughty  fools  with  scornful  eyes, 
In  robes  of  honour  shine. 

3  Pamper'd  with  wanton  ease, 
Their  flesh  looks  full  and  fair ; 

Their  wealth  rolls  in  like  flowing  seas, 
And  grows  without  their  care. 

4  Free  from  the  plagues  and  pains, 
That  pious  souls  endure  ; 

Through  all  their  life  oppression  reigns, 
And  racks  the  humble  poor. 

5  Their  impious  tongues  blaspheme 
The  everlasting  God : 

Their  malice  blasts  the  good  man's  name, 
And  spreads  their  lies  abroad. 

6  But  1  with  flowing  tears 
Indulg'd  my  doubts  to  rise  ; 


118  PSALM  LXXIII. 

"  Is  there  a  God  that  sees  or  hears 
"  The  things  below  the  skies  ?" 

7  The  tumults  of  my  thought 
Held  me  in  hard  suspense  ; 

'Till  to  thy  house  my  feet  were  brought, 
To  learn  thy  justice  thence. 

8  Thy  word  with  light  and  power 
Did  my  mistakes  amend  ; 

I  view'd  the  sinners'  life  before, 
But  here  I  learn'd  their  end. 

9.  On  what  a  slippery  steep 
The  thoughtless  wretches  go  : 
And,  O  that  dreadful  fiery  deep, 
That  wait£  their  fall  below  ! 

10  Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  bow, 

My  thoughts  no  more  repine  ; 
I  call  my  God  my  portion  now, 
And  all  my  powers  are  thine. 

*     PS^LM  73.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
God  our  portion  here  and  hereafter. 

1  i^lOD,  my  supporter,  and  my  hope, 
^J*  My  help  for  ever  near  ; 
Thine  arm  of  mercy  held  me  up, 

When  sinking  in  despair. 

2  Thy  counsels,  Lord,  shall  guide  my  feet, 

Through  this  dark  wilderness  ; 
Thy  hand  conduct  me  near  thy  seat, 
To  dwell  before  thy  face. 

3  Were  1  in  heaven  without  my  God, 

'T would  be  no  joy  to  me  ; 
And  while  this  earth  is  my  abode, 
I  long  for  none  but  thee. 

4  What  if  the  springs  of  life  were  broke, 

And  flesh  and  heart  should  faint  ? 
Qod  is  my  soul's  eternal  rock, 
The  strength  of  every  saint. 


5  Behold,  the  sinners  that 'remove 

Far  from  thy  presence,  die  ; 
Not  all  the  idol  gods  they  love, 
Can  save  them  when  they  cry. 

6  But  to  draw  near  to  thee,  my  God, 

Shall  be  my  sweet>  employ  ; 
My  tongue  shall  sound  thy  Works  abroad, 
And  teil  the  world  my  joy. 

PSALM  74.     First  Part.      C.  M. 
The  church  pleading  under  sore  persecution. 

1  "WE/ILL  God  for  ever  cast  us  off? 

*  »       His  wrath  for  ever  smoke, 
Against  the  people  of  his  love, 
His  little  chosen  flock  ? 

2  Think  of  the  tribes  so  dearly  bought 

"With  their  Redeemer's  blood  ; 
Nor  let  thy  Zion  be  forgot, 
Where  once  thy  glory  stood, 

3  Lift  up  thy  feet  and  march  in  haste  ; 

Aloud  our  ruin  calls  ; 
See  what  a  wide  and  fearful  waste 
Is  made  within  thy  walls. 

4  Where  once  thy  churches  pray'd  and  sang, 

Thy  foes  profanely  roar  ; 
Over  thy  gates  their  ensigns  hang, 
Sad  tokens  of  their  power. 

5  How  are  the  seats  of  worship  broke  ? 

They  tear  the  buildings  down  ; 
And  he  that  deals  the  heaviest  stroke, 
Procures  the  chief  renown. 

6  With  flames  they  threaten  to  destroy 

Thy  children  in  their  nest ; 
"  Come,  let  us  burn  at  once,"  they  cry, 
"  The  temple  and  the  priest." 

7  And  still  to  heighten  our  distress, 

Thy  presence  is  withdrawn  ; 


120  PSALM  LXXIV^. 

Thy  wonted  signs  of  power  and  grace, 
Thy  power  and  grace  are  gone. 
8  No  prophet  speaks  to  calm  our  woes, 
The  best,  the  wisest,  mourn  ; 

And  not  a  friend,  nor  promise,  shows 
The  time  of  thy  return. 

PSALM  74.     Second  Part.     CM. 
A  prayer  of  the  church  for  deliverance  from  great  afflictions. 

1  1IOW  long,  eternal  God,  how  long 
-«-  Shall  men  of  pride  blaspheme  ? 
Shall  saints  be  made  their  endless  song, 

And  bear  immortal  shame  ? 

2  Is  not  the  world  of  nature  thine, 

The  darkness  and  the  day  ? 
Didst  thou  not  bid  the  morning  shine, 
And  mark  the  sun  his  way  ? 

3  Hath  not  thy  power  form'd  every  coast, 

And  set  the  earth  its  bounds  ; 
With  summer's  heat,  and  winter's  frost, 
In  their  perpetual  rounds  ? 

4  And  shall  the  sons  of  earth  and  dust 

That  sacred  power  blaspheme  ? 
Will  not  thy  hand  that  form'd  them  first. 
Avenge  thine  injur'd  name  ? 

5  Think  on  the  covenant  thou  hast  made, 

And  all  thy  words  of  love  ; 
Nor  let  the  birds  of  prey  invade, 
And  vex  thy  mourning  dove. 

6  Our  foes  would  triumph  in  our  blood, 

And  make  our  hope  their  jest ; 
Plead  thy  own  cause,  Almighty  God, 
And  give  thy  children  rest. 

PSALM  75.    L.  M. 

The  hand  of  God  acknowledged. 

1    r|10  thee,  most  high  and  holy  God, 

J-      To  thee  our  thankful  hearts  we  raise ; 


PSALM  LXXVI.  121 

Thy  works  declare  thy  name  abroad, 
Thy  wondrous  works  demand  our  praise. 

2  To  slavery  doom'd,  thy  chosen  sons 
Beheld  their  foes  triumphant  rise  ; 
And  sore  opprest  by  earthly  thrones, 
They  sought  the  sovereign  of  the  skies. 

3  'Twas  then,  great  God,  with  equal  power 
Arose  thy  vengeance  and  thy  grace, 

To  scourge  their  legions  from  the  shore, 
And  save  the  remnant  of  thy  race. 

4  Thy  hand  that  form'd  the  restless  main, 
And  rear'd  the  mountains'  awful  head, 
Bade  raging  seas  their  course  restrain, 
And  desert  wilds  receive  their  dead. 

5  Such  wonders  never  come  by  chance, 
Nor  can  the  winds  such  blessings  blow  ; 
'Tis  God  the  judge  doth  one  advance, 
'Tis  God  that  lays  another  low. 

6  Let  haughty  tyrants  sink  their  pride, 
Nor  lift  so  high  their  scornful  head ; 
But  lay  their  impious  thoughts  aside, 
And  own  the  empire  God  hath  made.    - 

PSALM  76.  C.  M. 

God  protects  his  Church. 

1  ¥N  Judah,  God  of  old  was  known  ; 
«■-  His  name  in  Israel  great ; 

In  Salem  stood  his  holy  throne, 
And  Zion  was  his  seat. 

2  Whatrare  the  earth's  wide  kingdoms  else, 

But  mighty  hills  of  prey  ? 
The  hill  on  which  Jehovah  dwells 
(    -     Is  glorious  more  than  they. 

3  'Twas  Zion's  King  that  stopp'd  the  breath 

Of  captains  and  their  bands  ; 
The  men  of  might  slept  fast  in  death, 
And  never  found  their  hands- 
II 


122  fSAL.M  JLAXV11. 

4  At  thy  rebuke,  O  Jacob's  God, 

Both  horse  and  chariot  fell ; 
Who  knows  the  terrors  of  thy  rod  ! 
Thy  vengeance  who  can  tell  ! 

5  When  God  in  his  own  sovereign  ways, 

Comes  down  to  save  th'  opprest ; 
The  wrath  of  man  shall  work  his  praise, 
And  he'll  restrain  the  rest. 

6  Vow  to  the  Lord,  and  tribute  bring, 

Ye  princes  fear  his  frown : 
His  terror  shakes  the  proudest  king, 
And  cuts  an  army  down, 

7  The  thunder  of  his  sharp  rebuke 

Our  haughty  foes  shall  feel ; 
For  Jacob's  God  hath  not  forsook, 
But  dwells  in  Zion  still. 

PSALM  77.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Hope  prevailing  over  despondency. 

J    HPO  Xrod  1  cry'd  with  mournful  voice* 
-S-    I  sought  his  gracious  ear  ! 
In  the  sad  day  when  troubles  rose, 
And  fill'd  the  night  with  fear. 

2  Sad  were  my  days,  and  dark  my  nights, 

My  soul  refus'd  relief :        « 
I  thought  on  God,  the  just  and  wise, 
But  thoughts  increas'd  my  grief. 

3  Still  I  complaih'd,  and,  still  opprest, 

My  heart  began  to  break  ! 
My  God,  thy  wrath  forbade  my  rest. 
And  kept  my  eyes  awake. 

4  My  overwhelming  sorrows  grew, 

'Till  I  could  speak  no  more  ; 
Then  I  within  myself  withdrew, 
And  call'd  thy  judgments  o'er. 
i>  1  calfd  back  years  and  ancient  time?: 
When  I  beheld  thy  face  ; 


PSALM  LXXVII.  122 

My  spirit  search'd  for  secret  crimes, 
That  might  withhold  thy  grace. 
6*  I  call'd  thy  mercies  to  my  mind, 
Which  I  enjoy'd  before  ; 

And  will  the  Lord  no  more  be  kind  f 
His  face  appear  no  more  ? 

7  Will  he  forever  cast  me  off  ? 

And  will  his  promise  fail? 
Hath  he  forgot  his  tender  love  ! 
Shall  anger  still  prevail  ? 

8  But  I  forbid  this  hopeless  thought. 

This  dark,  despairing  frame ; 
Remembering  what  thy  hand  hath  wrought 
Thy  hand  is  still  the  same. 

9  I'll  think  again  of  all  thy  ways, 

And  talk  thy  wonders  o'er  ; 
Thy  wonders  of  recovering  grace, 
When  flesh  could  hope  no  more. 

10  Grace  dwells  with  justice  on  the  throne  ) 

And  men  that  love  thy  word, 
Have  in  thy  sanctuary  known 
The  counsels  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  77.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Comfort  derived  from  ancient  providences  > 

1  "  ¥¥OW  awful  is  thy  chastening  rod  !'*" 

-"-  (May  thy  own  children  say) 
"  The  great,  the  wise,  the  dreadful  God* 
T*  How  holy  is  his  way  !" 

2  I'll  meditate  his  works  of  old  ; 

The  King  that  reigns  above  : 
I'll  hear  his  ancient  wonders  told». 
And  learn  to  trust  his  love. 

3  Long  did  the  house  of  Jacob  lie 

With  Egypt's  yoke  opprest : 
Long  he  delay'd  to  hear  their  cry^ 
Nor  gave  his  people  rest, 


124  PSALM  LXXXVIII. 

4  Israel,  his  people  and  his  sheep, 

Must  follow  where  he  calls  ; 
He  bids  them  venture  through  the  deep, 
And  makes  the  waves  their  walls. 

5  The  waters  saw  thee,  mighty  God  ! 

The  waters  saw  thee  come  ; 
Backward  they  fled,  and  frighted  stood, 
To  make  thine  armies  room. 

6  Strange  was  thy  journey  through  the  sea; 

Thy  footsteps,  Lord,  unknown  : 
Terrors  attend  the  wondrous  way, 
That  brings  thy  mercies  down. 

7  He  gave  them  water  from  the  rock  ; 

And  safe  by  Moses'  hand, 
Through  a  dry  desert  led  his  flock 
Home  to  the  promis'd  land. 

PSALM  78.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Providences  recorded  for  the  instruction  of  Children. 

1  W  ET  children  hear  the  mighty  deeds, 
-*-^  Whjch  God  perform'd  of  oid, 
Which  in  our  younger  years  we  saw, 

And  which  our  fathers  told. 

2  He  bids  us  make  his  glories  known  ; 

His  works  of  power  and  grace  ; 
And  we'll  convey  his  wonders  down 
Through  every  rising  race. 

3  Our  lips  shall  tell  them  to  our  sons, 

And  they  again  to  theirs ; 
That  generations  yet  unborn 
May  teach  them  to  their  heirs. 

4  Thus  shall  they  learn  in  God  alone 

Their  hope  securely  stands  ; 
That  they  may  ne'er  forget  his  works, 
But  practise  his  commands. 

PSALM   78.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Israel"1 s  rebellion  and  punishment. 

1    f\  WHAT  a  stiff,  rebellious  house 

^*  Was  Jacob's  ancient  race  ! 


PSALM  LXXVIII.  12^ 

False  to  their  own  most  solemn  vows, 
And  to  their  Maker's  grace. 

2  They  broke  the  covenant  of  his  love, 

And  did  his  laws  despise  ; 
Forgot  the  works  he  wrought,  to  prove 
His  power,  before  their  eyes. 

3  They  saw  the  plagues  on  Egypt  light, 

From  his  avenging  hand  : 
What  dreadful  tokens  of  his  might 
Spread  e'er  the  stubborn  land  ! 

1  They  saw  him  cleave  the  mighty  sea, 
And  march'd  in  safety  through 
With  watery  walls  to  guard  their  way, 
'Till  they  had  'scap'd  the  foe. 

5  A  wondrous  pillar  mark'd  the  road, 

Compos'd  of  shade  and  light; 
By  day  it  prov'd  a  shelt'ring  cloud, 
A  leading  fire  by  night. 

6  He  from  the  rock  their  thirst  supplied 

The  gushing  waters  fell, 
And  ran  in  rivers  by  their  side, 
A  constant  miracle. 

7  Yet  they  provok'd  the  Lord  most  high, 

And  dard  distrust  his  hand ; 
"  Can  he  with  bread  our  host  supply 

"  Amidst  this  desert  land  ?!' 
&  The  Lord  with  indignation  heard2 

And  caus'd  his  wrath  to  flame  ; 
His  terrors  ever  stand  prepar'd 

To  vindicate  his  name. 

PSALM  78.      Third  Part.     C.  M, 
Israel  punished  for  intemperance. 

*   \71T^EN  Israel  sinn'd,  the  Lord  reprov'd^ 
▼  ▼    And  fill'd  t^eir  hearts  with  dread  ; 
Yet  he  forgave  the  tribes  he  lov'd, 
And  sent  them  heavenly  bread, 

It* 


126  PSALM  L.XXIX. 

2  He  fed  them  with  a  lib'ral  hand, 

And  made  his  treasures  known  ; 
He  gave  the  midnight  clouds  command 
To  pour  provision  down. 

3  The  manna  like  a  morning  shower, 

Lay  thick  around  their  feet ; 
The  corn  of  heaven,  so  light,  so  pure, 
As  though  'twere  angers  meat. 

4  But  they  in  murm'ring  language  said, 

"  Manna  is  all  our  feast ; 
"  We  loathe  this  light,  this  airy  bread ; 
"  We  must  have  flesh  to  taste." 

5  "  Ye  shall  have  flesh  to  please  your  lust!" 

The  Lord  in  wrath  replied ; 
And  sent  them  quails,  like  sand  or  dust, 
Heap'd  up  from  side  to  side. 

6  He  gave  them  all  their  own  desire  ; 

And,  greedy  as  they  fed, 
His  vengeance  burnt  with  secret  fire, 
And  smote  the  rebels  dead. 

7  When  some  were  slain,  the  rest  return'd, 

And  sought  the  Lord  with  tears ; 
Under  the  rod  they  fear'd  and  mourn'd, 
But  soon  forgot  their  fears. 

8  Oft  he  ehastis'd  and  still  forgave  ; 

'Till  by  his  gracious  hand 
The  nation  he  resolv'd  to  save, 
Possess'd  the  promised  land. 

PSALM  79.     L.  M. 

Complaint  of  the  church  against  enemies. 

1  T1EHOLD !  O  God,  what  cruel  foes, 
-O  Thy  peaceful  heritage  invade ; 
Thy  holy  temple  stands  defiPd  ; 

In  dust  thy  sacred  walls  are  laid. 

2  Wide  o'er  the  vallies,  drench'd  in  blood, 
Thy  people  fali'n  in  death  remain; 


PSALM  LXXX.  127 

The  fowls  of  heav'n  their  flesh  devour  : 
And  savage  beasts  divide  the  slain. 

3  Th'  insulting  foes  with  impious  rage, 
Reproach  thy  children  to  their  face  ; 

"  Where  is  your  God  of  boasted  pow'r, 
"  And  where  the  promise  of  his  grace  ?'• 

4  Deep  from  the  prison's  horrid  glooms, 
O  !  hear  the  mournful  captive  sigh ; 
And  let  thy  sov'reign  pow'r  reprieve 
The  trembling  souls  condemn'd  to  die. 

5  Let  those  who  dar'd  f  insult  thy  reign, 
Return  dismay'd  with  endless  shame ; 
While  heathens,  who  thy  grace  despise, 
Shall  from  thy  vengeance  learn  thy  name. 

6  So  shall  thy  children,  freed  from  death, 
Eternal  songs  of  honour  raise  ; 

And  ev'ry  future  age  shall  tell 
Thy  sov'reign  pow'r,  and  pard'ning  grace, 
PSALM  80.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  prayer  of  the  church  under  affliction.  . 

1  r\  RE  AT  Shepherd  of  thine  Israel, 

^J*  Who  didst  between  the  cherubs  dwell, 
And  lead  the  tribes,  thy  chosen  sheep, 
Safe  through  the  desert  and  the  deep. 

2  Thy  church  is  in  the  desert  now, 

Shine  from  on  high  and  guide  us  through ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore, 
We  shall  be  sav'd  and  sigh  no  more. 

3  Great  God,  whom  heav'nly  hosts  obey, 
How  long  shall  we  lament  and  pray, 
And  wait  in  vain  thy  kind  return ? 
How  long  shall  thy  fierce  anger  burn? 

4  Instead  of  wine  and  cheerful  bread, 
Thy  saints  with  their  own  tears  are  fed  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore, 

We  shall  be  sav'd,  and  sigh  no  more. 


128  PSALM  LXXX 

PSALM    80.     Second  Part.     L.  M, 
The  vineyard  of  God  wasted. 

1  |    ORD  thou  hast  planted  with  thy  hands, 
-■-^  A  lovely  vine  in  heathen  lands ; 

Thy  power  defended  it  around, 

And  heavenly  dews  enrich'd  the  ground? 

2  How  did  the  spreading  branches  shoot, 
And  bless  the  nations  with  the  fruit! 
But  now,  dear  Lord,  look  down  and  see 
Thy  mourning  vine,  that  lovely  tree. 

3  Why  is  its  beauty  thus  defac'd  ? 
Why  hast  thou  laid  her  fences  waste  ? 
Strangers  and  foes  against  her  join, 
And  ev'ry  beast  devours  thy  vine. 

4  Return,  almighty  God,  return; 

Nor  let  thy  bleeding  vineyard  mourn  : 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore  ; 
We  shall  be  sav'd,  and  sigh  no  more. 

PSALM  80.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Christ  the  defender  of  his  church. 

1  ;"  ORD,  when  thy  vine  in  Canaan  grew, 
A^  Thou  wast  its  strength  and  glory  too  ; 
Attack'd  in  vain  by  all  its  foes, 

'Till  the  fair  Branch  of  promise  rose. 

2  Fair  Branch,  ordaiVd  of  old  to  shoot 
From  David's  stock,  from  Jacob's  root; 
Himself  a  noble  Vine,  and  we 

The  lesser  branches  of  the  Tree. 

3  'Tis  thy  own  Son ;  and  he  shall  stand 
Girt  with  thy  strength,  at  thy  right  hand; 
Th'  eternal  Son,  enthron'd  and  blest, 
To  give  his  suffering  people  rest. 

4  O  for  his  sake  attend  our  cry, 
Shine  on  thy  churches,  lest  they  die  ; 
Turn  us  to  thee,  thy  love  restore, 
We  shall  be  sav'd,  and  sigh  no  more. 


PSALM  LXXJftl.  129 

•   PSALM  81.     S.  M. 

The  warnings  of  God  to  his  people 

1  ^ING  to  the  Lord  aloud, 
^  And  make  a  joyful  noise  ; 

God  is  our  strength,  our  Saviour  God 
Let  Israel  hear  his  voice. 

2  "  From  vile  idolatry, 

"  Preserve  my  worship  clean  ; 
cc  1  am  the  Lord  who  set  thee  free 
"  From  slavery  and  sin. 

3  "  Stretch  thy  desires  abroad, 
"  And  I'll  supply  them  well ; 

"  But  if  ye  will  refuse  your  God, 
"  If  Israel  will  rebel, 

4  "  I'll  leave  them,"  saith  the  Lord, 
"  To  their  own. lusts  a  prey, 

"  And  let  them  run  the  dang'rous  road, 
H  'Tis  their  own  chosen  way. 

5  "  Yet,  O,  that  all  my  saints 

rt  Would  hearken  to  my  voice  ! 
u  Soon  would  I  ease  their  sore  complaints, 
"  And  bid  fheir  hearts  rejoice. 

6  "  While  I  destroy' d  their  foes, 
"  I'd  richly  feed  my  flock, 

lf  And  they  should  taste  the  stream  that  flows 
"  From  their  eternal  Rock." 

PSALM  82.      L.  M. 

God  the  supreme  ruler  ;  or,  magistrates  warned* 

1  A  MONG  th'  assemblies  of  the  great, 
-^-  A  greater  ruler  takes  his  seat ; 
The  God  of  heaven,  as  judge,  surveys 
Those  gods  on  earth,  and  all  their  ways. 

2  Why  will  ye^ihen  frame  wicked  laws  ? 
Or  why  support  th'  unrighteous  cause  ? 
Wrhen  will  ye  once  defend  the  poor, 
That  sinners  vex  the  saints  no  more  ? 

3  They  know  not,  Lord,  nor  will  they  know 
Dark  are  the  ways  in  which  they  go  : 


130  PSALM  LXXXIII. 

Their  name  of  earthly  gods  is  vain, 
For  they  shall  fall  and  die  like  men. 
4  Arise,  O  Lord,  and  let  thy  Son 
Possess  his  universal  throne, 
And  rule  the  nations  with  his  rod ; 
He  is  our  Judge,  and  he  our  God. 

PSALM  83.    S.  M. 

The  prayer  of  the  church  against  persecutors, 

1  A  ND  will  the  God  of  Grace 
-™-  Perpetual  silence  keep  T 

The  God  of  justice  hold  his  peace, 
And  let  his  vengeance  sleep  ? 

2  Behold  what  cursed  snares 
The  men  of  mischief  spread : 

The  men,  that  hate  thy  saints  and  thee* 
Lift  up  their  threatening  head. 

3  Against  thy  hidden  ones 
Their  counsels  they  employ ; 

And  malice,  with  her  watchful  eye. 
Pursues  them  to  destroy. 

4  "  Come,  let  us  join,"  they  cry. 

"  To  root  them  from  the  ground ; 
fi  'Till  not  the  name  of  saints  remain*  _■ 
"  Nor  mem'ry  shall  be  found." 

5  Awake,  Almighty  God  ! 
And  call  thy  wrath  to  mind  ; 

Give  them  like  forests  to  the  fire, 
Or  stubble  to  the  wind. 

6  Convince  their  madness,  Lord  I 
And  make  them  seek  thy  name  ; 

Or  else  their  stubborn  rage  confound, 
That  they  may  die  in  shame. 

7  Then  shall  the  nations  know 
That  glorious  dreadful  word, 

Jehovah  is  thy  name  alone, 

And  thou  the  sovereign  Lord, 


PSALM  84.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

The  pleasure  of  public  'worship. 

i    IIOW  pleasant,  how  divinely  fair, 
-«■  O  Lord  of  hosts,  thy  dwellings  are  ! 
With  long  desire  my  spirit  faints 
To  meet  th'  assemblies  of  thy  saints. 

2  My  flesh  would  rest  in  thine  abode, 
My  panting  heart  cries  out  for  God  ; 
My  God,  my  King,  why  should  I  be 
So  far  from  all  my  joys  and  thee. 

3  The  sparrow  chooses  where  to  rest, 
And  for  her  young  provides  her  nest ; 
Bat  will  my  God  to  sparrows  grant 
That  pleasure  which  his  children  want  % 

4  Blest  are  the  saints  who  sit  on  high, 
Around  thy  throne  of  majesty  ; 
Thy  brightest  glories  shine  above, 
And  all  their  work  is  praise  and  love. 

5  Blest  are  the  souls  that  find  a  place 
Within  the  temple  of  thy  grace  ; 
There  they  behold  thy  gentler  rays, 
And  seek  thy  face  and  learn  thy  praise. 

6  Blest  are  the  men  whose  hearts  are  set 
,  To  find  the  way  to  Zion's  gate  ; 

God  is  their  strength,  and  through  the  road 
They  lean  upon  their  helper,  God. 

7  Cheerful  they  walk  with  growing  strength, 
'Till  all  shall  meet  in  heaven  at  length; 
'Till  all  before  thy  face  appear, 

And  join  in  nobler  worship  there. 

PSALM  84.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Grace  and  Glory. 

1  pi  BEAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings 
^J^Thejoy,  that  from  thy  presence  springs  ; 
To  spend  one  day  writh  thee  on  earth, 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house,  O  God  of  grace  ; 


132  PSALM  LXXX1V. 

Not  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door 

3  God  is  our  sua,  he  makes  our  day  ; 
God  is  our  shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  ail  the  assaults  of  hell  and  sin  ; 
From  foes  without  and  foes  within. 

4  All  needful  grace  God  will  bestow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too  ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

5  O  God,  our  King,  thy  sovereign  sway, 

The  glorious  hosts  of  heaven  obey ; 

And  devils  at  thy  presence  flee  ; 

Blest  is  the  man  that  trusts  in  thee  ! 

PSALM  84.      Third  Part.     P.  M. 
Longing  for  the  house  of  God. 

1  T  ORD  of  the  worlds  above, 
-"  How  pleasant  and  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thine  earthly  temples  are  ! 

To  thine  abode  my  heart  aspires, 
With  warm  desires  to  see  my  God. 

2  The  sparrow  for  her  young 
With  pleasure  seeks  a  nest, 
And  wandering  swallows  long 
To  find  their  wonted  rest : 

My  spirit  faints  with  equal  zeal, 
To  rise  and  dwell  among  thy  saints. 

3  O  happy  souls  that  pray 
Where  God  appoints  to  hear  ! 
O  happy  men  that  pay 
Their  constant  service  there  ! 

They  praise  thee  still ;  and  happy  they 
That  love  the  way  to  Zion's  hill. 

4  They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 
Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 
'Jill  each  arrives  at  length  ; 

'Till  each  in  heaven  appears. 


PSALM  LXXXV.  133 

0  glorious  seat,  when  God  our  King 
Shall  thither  bring  our  willing  feet  I 

5  To  spend  one  sacred  day, 
Where  God  and  saints  abide, 
Affords  diviner  joy, 

Than  thousand  days  beside  : 
Where  God  resorts,  I  love  it  more 
To  keep  the  door,  than  shine  in  courts. 

6  God  is  our  sun  and  shield, 
Our  light  and  our  defence  ; 
With  gifts  his  hands  are  fill'd  ; 
We  draw  our  blessings  thence  : 

He  shall  bestow  on  Jacob's  race 
Peculiar  grace  and  glory  too. 

7  The  Lord  his  people  loves  ; 
His  hand  no  good  withholds 
From  those  his  heart  approves  : 
From  pure  and  pious  souls. 

Thrice  happy  he,  O  God  of  hosts, 
Whose  spirit  trusts  alone  in  thee  ! 

PSALM  85.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

Waiting  for  an  answer  to  prayer. 

1  ORD,  thou  hast  calPd  thy  grace  to  mind, 
■■-^  Thou  hast  revers'd  our  heavy  doom  ; 
So  God  forgave  when  Israel  sinn'd, 

And  brought  his  wand'ring  captives  home. 

2  Thou  hast  begun  to  set  us  free, 
And  made  thy  fiercest  wrath  abate  : 
Now  let  our  hearts  be  turn'd  to  thee  : 
And  thy  salvation  be  complete. 

3  Revive  our  dying  graces,  Lord, 
And  let  thy  saints  in  thee  rejoice  ; 
Make  known  thy  truth,  fulfil  thy  word  ; 
We  wait  for  praise  to  tune  our  voice. 

4  We  wait  to  hear  what  God  will  say  ; 
He'll  speak,  and  give  his  people  peace  ; 

12 


134  PSALM    LXXXVI. 

But  let  them  run  no  more  astray, 
Lesl  his  returning  wrath  increase. 

PSALM  85.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Salvation  by  Christ. 

1  ^LVATION  is  forever  nigh 

^  The  souls,  that  fear  and  trust  the  Lord; 
And  grace,  descending  from  on  high, 
Fresh  hopes  of  glory  shall  afford. 

2  Mercy  and  truth  on  earth  are  met, 
SinceChristtheLord  came  down  fromheav'n; 
By  his  obedience  so  complete, 

Justice  is  pleas'd,  and  peace  is  given. 

3  Now  truth  and  honour  shall  abound  ; 
Religion  dwell  on  earth  again, 

And  heavenly  influence  bless  the  ground, 
In  our  Redeemer's  gentle  reign, 

4  His  righteousness  is  gone  before, 
To  give  us  free  access  to  God  ; 

Our  wandering  feet  shall  stray  no  more, 
But  mark  his  steps,  and  keep  the  road. 
PSALM  86.     First  Part.    C.  M. 
A  general  song  of  praise  to  God. 

1  A  MONG  the  princes,  earthly  Gods, 
J\.     There's  none  hath  power  divine  ; 
Nor  is  their  nature,  mighty  Lord  ! 

Nor  are  their  works  like  thine. 

2  The  nations  thou  hast  made,  shall  bring, 

Their  offerings  round  thy  throne  ; 
For  thou  alone  dost  wondrous  things  ; 
For  thou  art  God  alone. 

3  Lord,  I  would  walk  with  holy  feet ; 

Teach  me  thy  heavenly  ways, 
And  my  poor  scatter'd  thoughts  unite 
In  God  my  Father's  praise. 

4  Great  is  thy  mercy,  and  my  tongue 

Shall  those  sweet  wonders  tell ; 


PSALM  LXXXVI.  135 

How  by  thy  grace  my  sinking  soul 

Rose  from  the  deeps  of  hell. 

PSALM  86.     Second  Part!    L.  M. 

Mourning  over  unbelief,  and  pleading  for  the  evidence  of  an 
interest  in  Christ, 

1  ¥ESUS,  my  God,  my  all  in  all, 

**      Display  thy  power,  unveil  thy  face  j 
Wilt  thou  not  hear  when  sinners  call  ? 
Is  not  thy  reign  a  reign  of  grace  ? 

2  A  thousand  times  my  tongue  hath  said, 

"  Bought  with  a  price,  I'm  not  my  own  |" 
A  thousand  times  my  soul  hath  fled, 
And  sought  relief  before  thy  throne. 

3  But  now  I  grope,  as  in  the  night, 

I  can't  believe,  and  dare  not  trust ; 
My  path  is  hedg'd,  I  see  no  light, 
My  hopes  are  prostrate  in  the  dust. 

4  With  fears  that  all  experience  past 
Hath  been  delusive,  false  and  vain, 
I  dread,  lest  falling  short  at  last, 

I  never  shall  the  prize  obtain. 

5  When  to  the  cross  I  wish  to  fly, 
And  see  the  blood  of  sprinkling  flow, 
To  Sinai's  mount,  not  Calvary, 

A  legal  spirit  bids  me  go. 

6  Striving  to  stretch  my  wither'd  arms, 
I  fain  would  give  myself  away  ; 

But  sins  and  guilt  excite  alarms, 
And  check  a  near  approach  to  thee. 

7  O  !  if  already  I've  belie  v'd, 

If  Christ  and  I  indeed  be  one  ; 

Then  prove  thyself  my  help  and  shield, 

Or,  let  the  work  be  now  begun. 

8  Shew  me  a  token,  Lord,  for  good, 
And  let  me  know  that  1  am  thine  : 
Dispel  my  doubts,  disperse  the  cloud, 
And  on  my  soul  benignant  shine. 


136  PSALM  LXXXVIJI. 

9  Now,  let  thy  Spirit,  from  above, 
Bear  witness  to  my  troubled  heart : 
Now  shed  abroad  my  father's  love, 
And  filial  confidence  impart. 

10  Then  shall  my  foes,  who  hate  me,  see 
That  God  is  faithful  to  his  saints ; 
That  he  hath  heard  and  helped  me, 
And  ehang'd  to  praise  my  sad  complaints. 

PSALM  87.     L.  M. 

The  christian  church. 

1  ri  OD  in  his  earthly  temple  Jays 

^JT  Foundations  for  his  heavenly  praise ; 
He  likes  the  tents  of  Jacob  wrell ; 
But  still  in  Zion  loves  to  dwell. 

2  His  mercy  visits  ev'ry  house 

That  pays  its  night  and  morning  vows ; 
But  makes  a  more  delightful  stay, 
Where  churches  meet  to  praise  and  pray. 

3  What  glories  were  describ'd  of  old  ! 
What  wonders  are  of  Zion  told  ! 
Thou  city  of  our  God  below, 

Thy  fame  shall  Tyre  and  Egypt  know. 

4  Egypt  and  Tyre,  the  Greek  and  Jew, 
Shall  there  begin  their  lives  anew  : 
Angels  and  men  shall  join  to  sing 
The  hill  where  living  waters  spring, 

-5  W7hen  God  makes  up  his  last  account 
Of  natives  in  his  holy  mount, 
'Twill  be  an  honour  to  appear 
As  one  new  born  and  nourish'd  there. 
PSALM  88.     first  Part.     L.  M. 
Life  the  only  accepted  time. 

1  TM/'HILE  life  prolongs  its  precious  light, 

▼  ▼    Mercy  is  found  and  peace  is  given  ; 
But  soon,  ah  soon  !  the  approaching  night 
Shall  blot  out  ev'ry  hope  of  heaven. 

2  While  God  invites,  how  bless'd  the  day ! 
How  sweet  the  gospel's  charming  sound ! 


PSALM  LXXXV1II.  137 

"  Come  sinners,  haste,  O  haste  away, 
"  While  yet  a  pard'ning  God  he's  found, 
3  "In  that  known  land  of  deep  despair, 
"  No  sabbath's  heavenly  light  shall  rise ; 
"  No  God  regard  your  bitter  prayer, 
"  Nor  Saviour  call  you  to  the  skies." 

PSALM  88.     Second  Part.     S.  M~ 
Sickness  sanctified. 

1  CTRETCH'D  on  the  bed  of  grief, 
^  In  silence  long  I  lay ; 

For  sore  disease  and  wasting  pain 
Had  worn  my  strength  away. 

2  How  mourn' d  my  sinking  soul 
The  sabbath's  hours  divine, 

The  day  of  grace,  that  precious  day, 
Consum'd  in  sense  and  sin. 

3  The  work,  the  mighty  work 
Of  life,  so  long  delay'd  ; 

Repentance,  yet  to  be  begun, 
Upon  a  dying  bed  ? 

4  Then  to  the  Lord  1  pray'd, 
And  rais'd  a  bitter  cry : 

M  Hear  me,  O  God,  and  save  my  soul, 
"  Lest  I  forever  die." 

.5  He  heard  my  humble  cry; 
He  sav'd  my  soul  from  death  : 
To  him  I'll  give  my  heart  and  handsr 
And  consecrate  my  breath. 

6  Ye  sinners,  fear  the  Lord, 
While  yet  'tis  call'd  to-day; 
"soon  will  the  awful  voice  of  death 
Command  your  souls  away. 

PSALM  88.     Third  Part;     L.  Ml  ■ 
Death  not  the  end  of  our  being, 

V.  QHALL  man,  G  God  of  light  and  life s 
^  Forever*  moulder  in  the  grave?. 


138  PSALM  LXXXVIII. 

Can'st  thou  forget  thy  glorious  work, 
Thy  promise  and  thy  power,  to  save  ! 

2  Cease,  cease,  ye  vain  desponding  fears : 
When    Christ,  our  Lord,   from  darkness 
Death,  the  last  foe,  was  captive  led,  [sprang, 
And  heaven  with  praise  and  wonder  rang. 

3  Him,  the  first  fruits,  his  chosen  sons 
Shall  follow  from  the  vanquish'd  grave  ; 
He  mounts  his  throne,  the  King  of  Kings, 
His  ehurch  to  quicken,  and  to  save. 

4  Faith  sees  the  bright  eternal  doors 
Unfold,  to  make  his  children  way ; 
They  shall  be  cloth'd  with  endless  life, 
And  shine  in  everlasting  day. 

3  The  trump  shall  sound  ;  the  dust  awake  ; 
From  the  cold  tomb  the  slumb'rers  spring  $ 
Through  heav'n  with  joy  their  myriads  rise* 
And  hail  their  Saviour  and  their  King. 

PSALM  88.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
A  believer  walking  long  in  darkness. 

1  T   ORD,  in  a  day  of  power  divine 

JL^  Thy  grace  prevail'd  and  made  me  thine  \ 
To  thee,  my  soul,  when  young,  I  gave, 
And  trusted  in  thy  power  to  save. 

%  But  where  remain  the  joy  and  peace, 
Which,  then  I  thought,  would  never  cease  % 
If  I  am  thine,  how  can  it  be, 
That  comforts  should  forever  flee  ? 

'3  Involv'd  in  glooms  of  darkest  night, 
And  banish'd  from  thy  blissful  sight, 
I  seek  thy  face  on  ev'ry,  side ; 
But  still  the  glooms  of  night  abide. 

4  Vp  from  my  youth,  depriv'd  of  joy, 
Afflictions  all  my  peace  destroy  ; 
Thy  terrors  oft  distract  my  soul, 
And  sorrows  rise  beyond  control, 


PSALM  LJgXXlX.  139 

O  turn  thine  hand,  command  relief, 
Restore  my  peace,  assuage  my  grief; 
And  let,  of  future  rest,  an  heir, 
One  drop  of  consolation  share. 

PSALM  89.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
Tft£  covenant  made  with  Christ. 

FOREVER  shall  my  song  record 
The  truth  and  mercy  of  the  Lord ; 
Mercy  and  truth  forever  stand, 
Like  heaven  established  by  his  hand. 
Thus  to  his  Son  he  sware,  and  said, 
"  With  thee  my  cov'nant  first  was  made ;. 
"  In  thee  shall  dying  sinners  live ; 
"  Glory  and  grace  are  thine  to  give. 
"  Be  thou  my  Prophet,  thou  my  Priest; 
"  Thy  children  shall  be  ever  blest; 
"  Thou  art  my  chosen  King;  thy  throne 
"  Shall  stand  eternal  like  my  own." 

Now  let  the  church  rejoice,  and  sing 

Jesus  her  Saviour,  and  her  king : 

Angels  his  heavenly  wonders  show, 

And  saints  declare  his  works  below. 

PSALM  89.     Second  Part.     CM. 
The  faithfulness  of  God. 

MY  never  ceasing  song  shall  show 
The  mercies  of  the  Lord ; 
And  make  succeeding  ages  know 
How  faithful  is  his  word. 

The  sacred  truth  his  lips  pronounce^ 

Shall  firm  as  heaven  endure ; 
And  if  he  speaks  a  promise  once, 

Th'  eternal  grace  is  sure. 
How  long  the  race  of  David  held 

The  promis'd  Jewish  throne  I 
But  there's  a  nobler  cov'nant  seaPd 

To  David's  greater  Son. 
His  seed  forever  shall  possess 

A  throne  above  the  skies ; 


140  PSALM  LXXXIX. 

The  meanest  subject  of  his  grace, 
Shall  to  that  glory  rise. 

5  Lord  God  of  hosts,  thy  wondrous  ways 

Are  sung  by  saints  above  ; 
And  saints  on  earth  their  honours  raise 
To  thy  unchanging  love. 

PSALM  89.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  power  and  majesty  of  God. 

1  "^M/ITH  rev'rence  let  thy  saints  appear, 

▼  ▼     And  bow  before  the  Lord  ; 
His  high  commands  adoring  hear, 
And  tremble  at  his  word. 

2  How  terrible  thy  glories  be  ! 

How  bright  thine  armies  shine  ! 
Where  is  the  power  that  vies  with  thee  ? 
Or  truth  compar'd  with  thine  ? 

3  The  northern  pole  and  southern  rest 

On  thy  supporting  hand ; 
Darkness  and  day  from  east  to  west 
Move  round  at  thy  command. 

4  Thy  words  the  raging  winds  control, 

And  rule  the  boisterous  deep ; 
Thou  mak'st  the  sleeping  billows  roll, 

The  rolling  billows  sleep. 
§  Heaven,  earth,  and  air,  and  sea,  are  thine. 

And  the  dark  world  of  hell ; 
How  did  thine  arm  in  vengeance  shine 

When  Egypt  durst  rebel ! 

6  Justice  and  judgment  are  thy  throne, 

Yet  wondrous  is  thy  grace  : 
While  truth  and  mercy,  join'd  in  one. 
Invite  us  near  thy  face. 

PSALM  89.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M; 


B 


A  blessed  gospel. 

LEST  are  the  souls  that  hear  and  know 


The  gospel's  joyful  sound; 

Peace  shall  attend  the  path  they  go^ 

And  light  their  steps  surround,. 


PSALM  LXXX1X,  141 

2  Their  joy  shall  bear  their  spirits  up 

Through  their  Redeemer's  name  ; 
His  righteousness  exalts  their  hope, 
Nor  Satan  dares  condemn. 

3  The  Lord,  our  glory  and  defence, 

Strength  and  salvation  gives; 
Israel,  thy  king  forever  reigns, 
Thy  God  forever  lives. 

PSALM  89.     Fifth  Part.     C.  M. 
Chrisfs  mediatorial  kingdom. 

1  TTffEAR  what  the  Lord  in  vision  said, 
Jl  And  made  his  mercy  known ; 

"  Sinners,  behold,  your  help  is  laid 
"On  my  almighty  Son." 

2  High  shall  he  reign  on  David's  throne* 

My  people's  better  King ; 
My  arm  shall  beat  his  rivals  down, 
And  still  new  subjects  bring. 

3  My  truth  shall  guard  him  in  his  way, 

With  mercy  by  his  side ; 
While  in  my  name  through  earth  and  sea 
He  shall  in  triumph  ride. 

4  "My  cov'nant  stands  forever  fast, 

My  promises  are  strong ; 
Firm  as  the  heavens  his  throne  shall  last, 
His  seed  endure  as  long. 

PSALM  89.     Sixth  Part.     C.  M. 
The  covenant  of  grace  unchangeable. 

ET  (saith  the  Lord)  if  David's  race. 
The  children  of  my  Son, 
Should  break  my  laws,  abuse  my  grace, 

And  tempt  mine  anger  down ; 
Their  sins  I'll  visit  with  the  rod, 

And  make  their  folly  smart ; 
But  I'll  not  cease  to  be  their  God, 

Nor  from  my  truth  depart. 
My  cov'nant  I  will  ne'er  revoke, 

But  keep  my  grace  in  mind  ; 


■y 


142         9  PSALM  XC. 

And  what  eternal  love  hath  spoke, 
Eternaltruth  shall  bind. 

4  Once  have  I  sworn  (I  need  no  more) 

And  pledg'd  my  holiness, 
To  seal  my  sacred  promise  sure 
To  David  and  his  race. 

5  The  sun  shall  see  his  offspring  rise, 

And  spread  from  sea  to  sea, 
Long  as  he  travels  round  the  skies 
To  give  the  nations  day. 

6  Sure  as  the  moon  that  rules  the  night, 

His  kingdom  shall  endure  ; 
Till  the  fix'd  laws  of  shade  and  light 
Shall  be  observ'd  no  more. 

PSALM  89.     Seventh  Part.     L.  M. 
Mortality  and  Hope.     A  funeral  psalm. 

1  TIEMEMBER,  Lord,  our  mortal  state ; 
■I*'  How  frail  our  life,  how  short  the  date  ! 
Where  is  the  man  that  draws  his  breath 
Safe  from  disease,  secure  from  death  ? 

2  Lord,  while  we  see  whole  nations  die* 
Our  flesh  and  sense  repine,  and  cry, 

"  Must  death  forever  rage  and  reign  ? 
"  Or  hast  thou  made  mankind  in  vain? 

3  "  Where  is  thy  promise  to  the  just? 

"  Are  not  thy  servants  turn'd  to  dust  ?" 
But  faith  forbids  these  mournful  sighs,     . 

And  sees  the  sleeping  dust  arise. 

4  That  glorious  hour,  that  dreadful  day, 
Wipes  the  reproach  of  saints  away, 
And  clears  the  honour  of  thy  word ; 
Awake,  our  souls,  and  bless  the  Lord. 

PSALM  90.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Man  mortal,  and  God  eternal.     A  funeral  psalm 

I   mHROtrGH  ev'ry  age,  eternal  God  ! 
A    Thou  art  our  rest,  our  safe  abode  £ 


PSALM  XC.  143 

High  was  thy  throne,  ere  heaven  was  made, 
Or  earth  thy  humble  footstool  laid. 

2  Long  hadst  thou  reign'd  ere  time  began, 
Or  dust  was  fashion'd  into  man ; 

And  long  thy  kingdom  shall  endure, 
When  earth  and  time  shall  be  no  more. 

3  But  man,  weak  man,  is  born  to  die, 
Made  up  of  guilt  and  vanity ; 

Thy  dreadful  sentence,  Lord,  was  just, 
"  Return,  ye  sinners,  to  your  dust." 

4  A  thousand  of  our  years  amount 
Scarce  to  a  day  in  thine  account ; 
Like  yesterday's  departed  light, 
Or  the  last  watch  of  ending  night. 

5  Death,  like  an  overflowing  stream, 
Sweeps  us  away ;  our  life's  a  dream ; 
An  empty  tale ;  a  morning  flower, 
Cut  down  and  witherd  in  an  hour. 

6  Our  age  to  seventy  years  is  set; 

How  short  the  term  !  how  frail  the  state  ! 

And  if  to  eighty  we  arrive. 

We  rather  sigh  and  groan,  than  live. 

7  But  oh !  how  oft  thy  wrath  appears, 
And  cuts  off  our  expected  years ! 
Thy  wrath  awakes  our  humble  dread : 
We  fear  the  power  that  strikes  us  dead. 

8  Teach  us,  O  Lord,  how  frail  is  man ; 
And  kindly  lengthen  out  our  span; 
'Till  faith,  and  love,  and  piety, 

Fit  us  to  die,  and  dwell  with  thee. 

PSALM  90.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Man  frail,  and  God  our  refuge. 

1    ffcUR  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
^-^  Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home  ! 


U4  PSALM  XC. 

2  Before  the  hills  in  order  stood, 

Or  earth  receiv'd  her  frame, 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 
To  endless  years  the  same. 

3  Time,  like  an  ever  rolling  stream, 

Bears  all  its  sons  away  ; 
They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

4  Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Be  thou  our  guard  while  troubles  last, 
And  our  eternal  home. 

PSALM  90.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Infirmities  and  death  the  effects  of  sin. 

1  'I'   ORD,  if  thine  eyes  survey  our  faults, 
-L^  And  justice  grows  severe, 

Thy  dreadful  wrath  exceeds  our  thoughts, 
And  burns  beyond  our  fear. 

2  Thine  anger  turns  our  frame  to  dust ; 

By  one  offence  to  thee, 
Adam  and  all  his  sons  have  lost 
Their  immortality. 

3  Life,  like  a  vain  amusement  flies, 

A  fable  or  a  song  ; 
By  swift  degrees  our  nature  dies, 
Nor  can  our  joys  be  long. 

4  'Tis  but  a  few,  whose  days  amount 

To  three  score  years  and  ten  ; 
And  all  beyond  that  short  account, 
Is  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain. 

~)  Almighty  God,  reveal  thy  love, 
And  not  thy  wrath  alone ; 
O  let  our  sweet  experience  prove 
The  mercies  of  thy  throne  ! 

PSALM  90.     Fourth  Part.     C  M. 
Breathing  after  Heaven. 

1   O  ETURN,  O  God  of  love,  return ! 
Earth  is  a  tiresome  place  ; 


R 


PSALM  _XCI.  14', 

How  long  shall  we,  thy  children,  mourn 
Our  absence  from  thy  face? 

2  Let  heaven  succeed  our  painful  years, 

Let  sin  and  sorrow  cease ; 

And  in  proportion  to  our  tears, 

So  make  our  joys  increase. 

3  Thy  wonders  to  thy  servants  show, 

Make  thy  own  work  complete  ; 
Then  shall  our  souls  thy  glory  know, 
And  own  thy  love  was  great. 

4  Then  shall  we  shine  before  thy  throne 

In  all  thy  beauty,  Lord  ; 
And  the  poor  service  we  have  done, 
Meet  a  divine  reward. 

PSALM  91.     First  Part,     L.  M. 
Safety  in  public  diseases  and  dangers. 

1  XTE,  that  hath  made  his  refuge  God, 
-«■  Shall  find  a  most  secure  abode ; 
Shall  walk  all  day  beneath  his  shade, 
And  there  at  night  shall  rest  his  head. 

2  Then  will  I  say,  "  my  God,  thy  power 
"  Shall  be  my  fortress  and  my  tower  : 
"  I  that  am  form'd  of  feeble  dust, 

"  Make  thine  almighty  arm  my  trust/' 

3  Thrice  happy  man  !  thy  Maker's  care 
Shall  keep  thee  from  the  fowler's  snare, 
Satan,  the  tempter,  who  betrays 
LInguarded  souls  a  thousand  ways. 

4  Just  as  a  hen  protects  her  brood 

From  birds  of  prey  that  seek  their  blood, 
Under  her  feathers  ;  so  the  Lord 
Makes  his  own  arm  his  people's  guard. 
;3  If  burning  beams  of  noon  conspire 
To  dart  a  pestilential  fire, 
God  is  their  life ;  his  wings  are  spread 
To  shield  them  with  an  healthful  shade. 
13 


146  PSALM  XC\. 

6  If  vapours  with  malignant  breath 
Rise  thick,  and  scatter  midnight  death, 
Israel  is  safe  ;  the  poison'd  air 
Grows  pure,  if  Israel's  God  be -there. 

7  What  though  a  thousand  at  thy  side, 
At  thy  right  hand  ten  thousand  died ; 
Thy  God  his  chosen  people  saves 
Among  the  dead,  amid  the  graves. 

8  But  if  the  fire,  or  plague,  or  sword, 
Receive  commission  from  the  Lord, 
To  strike  his  saints  among  the  rest; 
Their  very  pains  and  deaths  are  blest. 

9  The  sword,  the  pestilence,  or  fire, 
Shall  but  fulfil  their  best  desire ; 
From  sins  and  sorrows  set  them  free, 
And  bring  thy  children,  Lord,  to  thee. 

-      PSALM  91.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Protection  from  evil,  guard  of  angels,  and  salvation. 

i   ^TE  sons  of  men,  a  feeble  race, 
-■-     Expos'd  to  ev'ry  snare, 
Come  make  the  Lord  your  dwelling  place. 
And  try,  and  trust  his  care. 

2-  No  ill  shall  enter  where  you  dwell ; 
Or  if  the  plague  come  nigh, 
And  sweep  the  wicked  down  to  hell. 
'Twill  raise  his  saints  on  high. 

3  He'll  give  his  angels  charge,  to  keep 

Your  feet  in  all  their  ways; 
To  watch  your  pillow  while  you  sleep, 
And  guard  your  happy  days. 

4  Their  hands  shall  bear  you  lest  you  fall, 

And  dash  against  the  stones  ; 

Are  they  not  servants  at  his  call, 

And  sent  t'  attend  his  sons? 

5  Adders  and  lions  ye  shall  tread ; 

The  tempter's  wiles  defeat ; 


PSALM  XCII.  147 

For  he  that  broke  the  serpent's  head 
Puts  him  beneath  your  feet. 

"  Because  on  me  they  set  their  love, 
"  I'll  save  them  ;  (saith  the  Lord) 

"  Pll  bear  their  joyful  souls  above 
"  Destruction,  and  the  sword. 

"  My  grace  shall  answer  when  they  call ; 

"  In  trouble  I'll  be  nigh  ; 
"  My  power  shall  help  them  when  they  fall, 

"  And  raise  them  when  they  die. 

"  Those  that  o'n  earth  my  name  have  known, 

"  Pll  honour  them  in  heaven  ; 
"  There  my  salvation  shall  be  shown, 
-    "  And  endless  life  be  given." 

PSALM  92.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
■    A  psalm  for  the  Lord's  day. 

SWEET  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks  and  sing ; 
To  shew  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  at  night. 

Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest, 
No  mortal  care  shall  seize  my  breast ; 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound. 
My  heart  shall  triumph  in  my  Lord, 
And  bless  his  works,  and  bless  his  word  ; 
Thy  works  of  grace,  how  bright  they  shine ! 
How  deep  thy  counsels !  how  divine  ! 
Fools  never  raise  their  thoughts  so  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  Jive,  like  brutes  they  die ; 
Like  grass  they  flourish,  'till  thy  breath 
Blast  them  in  everlasting  death. 
But  [  shall  share  a  glorious  part, 
When  grace  hath  well  refin'd  my  heart ; 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  are  shed, 
Like  holy  oil,  to  cheer  my  head. 


148  PSALM  XCIII. 

0  Sin  (my  worst  enemy  before) 

Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more  ; 
My  inward  foes  shall  all  be  slain, 
Nor  Sutan  break  my  peace  again. 

7  Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear  and  know 
All  I  desir'd  or  wish'd  below ; 
And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

PSALM  92.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Aged  saints. 

1  f  ORD,  'tis  a  pleasant  thing  to  stand 
-■L^  In  gardens  planted  by  thy  hand  ; 
Let  me  within  thy  courts  be  seen, 
Like  a  young  cedar  fresh  and  green. 

2  There  grow  thy  saints  in  faith  and  love, 
Blest  with  thine  influence  from  above  ; 
Not  Lebanon  with  all  its  trees 
Yields  such  a  comely  sight  as  these. 

3  The  plants  of  grace  shall  ever  live; 
Nature  decays,  but  grace  must  thrive; 
Time  that  doth  all  things  else  impair, 
Still  makes  them  flourish  strong  and  fair! 

4  Laden  with  fruits  of  age,  they  shew 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just  and  true  ; 
None,  that  attend  his  gates,  shall  find, 
A  God  unfaithful  or  unkind. 

PSALM  93.     L.  M. 

The  eternal  and  sovereign   God. 

1  ¥EHOVAH  reigns:  He  dwells  in  light, 
*■*    Girded  with  majesty  and  might : 
The  world,  created  by  his  hands, 

Still  on  its  first  foundation  stands. 

2  But  ere  this  spacious  world  was  made, 
Or  had  its  first  foundation  laid, 

Thy  throne  eternal  ages  stood, 
Thyself  the  ever-living  GocL 


PSALM    XCIV.  149 

3  Like  floods  the  angry  nations  rise, 
And  aim  their  rage  against  the  skies; 
Vain  floods,  that  aim  their  rage  so  high  ! 
At  thy  rebuke  the  billows  die. 

4  For  ever  shall  thy  throne  endure  ; 
Thy  promise  stands  for  ever  sure  ; 
And  everlasting;  holiness 
Becomes  the  dwellings  of  thy  grace. 

PSALM  94.     First  Part.     C.  M. 

Instructive  afflictions. 

1  £\  GOD,  to  whom  revenge  belongs, 
^*  Proclaim  thy  wrath  aloud ; 

Let  sovereign  power  redress  our  wrongs, 
Let  justice  smite  the  proud. 

2  They  say,  "  The  Lord  nor  sees  nor  hears  ; 

When  will  the  fools  be  wise  ? 
Can  he  be  deaf,  who  form'd  their  ears? 
Or  blind,  who  made  their  eyes  ? 

3  He  knows  their  impious  thoughts  are  vain*, 

And  they  shall  feel  his  power  ; 
His  wrath  shall  pierce  their  souls  with  pain 
In  some  surprising  hour. 

4  But  if  thy  saints  deserve  rebuke. 

Thou  hast  a  gentler  rod ; 
Thy  providences  and  thy  book 
Shall  make  them  know  their  God» 

5*  Blest  is  the  man  thy  hands  chastise, 
And  to  his  duty  draw  ; 
Thy  chastenings  make  thy  children  w  ise; 
When  they  forget  thy  law. 
6  But  God  will  ne'er  cast  off  his  saints, 
Nor  his  own  promise  break  ; 
He  pardons  his  inheritance 
For  their  Redeemer's  sake* 
13* 


150  PSALM  XCV. 

PSALM  94.     Second  Part.     C.   M. 
God  our  support  and  comfort. 

1  ^tM/'HO  will  arise  and  plead  my  right 

*  »       Against  my  numerous  foes : 
While  earth  and  hell  their  force  unite, 
And  all  my  hopes  oppose  ? 

2  Had  not  the  Lord,  my  rock,  my  help, 

Sustained  my  fainting  head, 
My  life  had  now  in  silence  dwelt ; 
My  soul  among  the  dead. 

3  "  Alas  !  my  sliding  feet  !"  I  cried, 

Thy  promise  was  my  prop  : 
Thy  grace  stood  constant  by  my  side, 
Thy  spirit  bore  me  up. 

4  While  multitudes  of  mournful  thoughts 

Within  my  bosom  roll  ; 
Thy  boundless  love  forgives  my  faults, 
Thy  comforts  cheer  my  soul. 

5  Powers  of  iniquity  may  rise, 

And  frame  pernicious  laws  ; 
But  God,  my  refuge,  rules  the  skies, 
He  will  defend  my  cause. 

6  Let  malice  vent  her  rage  aloud, 

Let  bold  blasphemers  scoff; 
The  Lord  our  God  shall  judge  the  proud. 
And  cut  the  sinners  off. 

PSALM  95.     First  Part.      C:  M. 
A  psalm  before  prayer. 

1  gJTNG  to  thee  Lord  Jehovah's  name, 
^     And  in  his  strength  rejoice  ; 
When  his  salvation  is  our  theme, 

Exalted  be  our  voice. 

2  With  thanks  approach  his  awful  sight, 

And  psalms  of  honour  sing  ; 
The  Lord's  a  God  of  boundless  might, 
The  whole  creation's  King. 


PSALM  XCV.  jji 

3  Let'  princes  hear,  let  angels  know, 

How  mean  their  natures  seem, 
Those  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below, 
When  once  compai'd  with  him. 

4  Earth,  with  its  caverns  dark  and  deep, 

Lies  in  his  spacious  hand  ; 
He  fix'd  the  seas  what  hounds  to  keep, 
And  where  the  hills  must  stand. 

5  Come,  and  with  humble  souls  adore^ 

Come  kneel  before  his  face  ; 

0  may  the  creatures  of  his  power 
Be  children  of  his  grace  ! 

6  Now  is  the  time  ;  he  bends  his  ear, 

And  waits  for  jour  request  ; 
Come  lest  he  rouse  his  wrath,  and  swear,. 
"  Ye  shall  not  see  my  rest." 

PSALM  95.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
■  A  psalm  before  sermon. 

1  if^OME,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
^  And  hymns  of  glory  sing  : 

Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  form'd  the  deeps  unknown  ; 
He  gave  the  seas  their  bound ; 

The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own, 
And  all  the  solid  ground. 

3  Come  worship  at  his  throne, 
Come  bow  before  the  Lord  : 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own, 
He  form'd  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod  ; 

Come  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 

5  But  if  your  eats  refuse 
The  language  of  his  grace5 


152  PSALM  :XCVI. 

And  hearts  grow  hard  like  stubborn  Jews, 
That  unbelieving  rare  : 

6  The  Lord  in  vengeance  drest 

Will  lift  his  hand  and  swear: 
"  Ye  that  despise  my  promis'd  rest, 
"  Shall  have  no  portion  there." 
PSALM  95.     Thirst  Part.     L.  M. 
A  call  to  delaying  sinners. 

1  ^OME,  let  our  souls  address  the  Lord, 
^  Who  fram'd  our  natures  with  his  word 
He  is  our  shepherd  ;  we  the  sheep 

His  mercy  chose,  his  pastures  keep. 

2  Come  let  us  hear  his  voice  to-day, 
The  counsels  of  his  love  obey ; 
Nor  let  our  harden'd  hearts  renew 
The  sins  and  plagues  that  Israel  knew. 

3  Seize  the  kind  promise,  while  it  waits, 
And  march  to  Zion's  heavenly  gates ; 
Believe,  and  take  the  promised  rest : 
Obey,  and  be  forever  blest. 

PSALM  96.     Fim  Part.     C.  M. 
The  first  and  second  coming  of  Christ. 

1  gJING  to  the  Lord,  ye  distant  lands, 
^  Ye  tribes  of  every  tongue  ; 

His  rich  display  of  grace  demands 
A  new  and  nobler  song. 

2  Say  to  the  nations,  Jesus  reigns, 

God's  own  almighty  Son: 
His  power  the  sinking  world  sustains, 
And  grace  surrounds  his  throne. 

3  Let  heaven  proclaim  the  joyful  day ; 

Joy  through  the  earth  be  seen ; 
Let  cities  shine  in  bright  array, 
And  fields  in  cheerful  green. 

4  Let  an  unusual  joy  surprise 

The  islands  of  the  sea  : 


PSALM  XCVII.  153 

^e  mountains  sink  ;  ye  vallies  rise  ; 

Prepare  the  Lord  his  way. 
Behold  he  comes !  he  comes  to  bless 

The  nations  as  their  God  : 
To  show  the  world  his  righteousness, 

And  send  his  truth  abroad. 

But  when  his  voice  shall  raise  the  dead, 

And  bid  the  world  draw  near ; 
How  will  the  guilty  nations  dread, 

To  see  their  Judge  appear ! 

PSALM   96.     Second  Part.     P.   M. 
The  God  of  the  Gentiles. 

THE  heathen  know  thy  glory,  Lord ; 
The  wandYmg  nations  read  thy  word  ; 
in  these  far  climes  Jehovah's  known  : 
Our  worship  shall  no  more  be  paid 
To  gods,  which  mortal  hands  have  made; 
Our  maker  is  our  God  alone. 

He  fiam'd  the  globe,  he  built  the  sky, 
He  made  the  shining  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  complete  in  glory  there : 
His  beams  are  majesty  and  light; 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright ! 

His  temple,  how  divinely  fair  ! 
Come,  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  shall  feel  his  saving  power, 

And  barb'rous  nations  fear  his  name  : 
Then  shall  the  race  of  man  confess 
The  beauty  of  his  holiness; 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim, 

PSALM  97.     -First  Part.     L.   M. 
Christ  reigning-,  and  coming  to  judgment. 

HE  reigns ;  the  Lord,  the  Saviour  reigns  I 
Praise  him  in  evangelic  strains ; 
Let  the  whole  earth  in  songs  rejoice, 
And  distant  islands  join  their  voice, 


154  PSALM  JtCVIi.    * 

2  Deep  are  his  counsels  and  unknown  ; 
But  grace  and  truth  support  his  throne  ; 
Though  gloomy  clouds  his  way  surround, 
Justice  is  their  eternal  ground. 

3  In  robes  of  judgment,  lo,  he  comes! 
Shakes  the  wide  earth  and  cleaves  the-  ,ombs, 
Before  him  burns  devouring  fire  ; 

The  mountains  melt,  the  seas  retire. 

4  His  enemies  with  sore  dismay, 

Fly  from  the  sight  and  shun  the  day  ; 
Then  lift  your  heads,  ye  saints,  on  high, 
And  sing,  for  your  redemption's  nigh. 

PSALM  97.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Let  all  the  angels  of  God  worship  him. 

1  rilHE  Lord  is  come;  the  heav'ns proclaim 

-*-    His  birth  ;  the  nations  learn  his  name  : 
An  unknown  star  directs  the  road 
Of  eastern  sages  to  their  God. 

2  All  ye  bright  armies  of  the  skies, 
Go,  worship  where  the  Saviour  lies; 
Angels  and  kings  before  him  bow^ 
Those  gods  on  high,  and  gods  below. 

3  Let  idols  totter  to  the  ground, 

And  their  own  worshippers  confound: 
Let  Judah  shout,  let  Zion  sing, 
And  earth  confess  her  sovereign  King. 
PSALM  97.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Grace  and  glory. 

1  npH'  Almighty  reigns,  exalted  high 
J-    O'er  all  the  earth,  o'er  all  the  sky : 

Though  clouds  and  darkness  veil  his  feet, 
His  dwelling  is  the  mercy  seat. 

2  O  ye,  that  love  his  holy  name, 
Hate  ev'ry  work  of  sin  and  shame  ; 
He  guards  the  souls  of  all  his  friends, 
And  from  the  snares  of  hell  defends. 


«  PSALM  XCVIII.  155 

3  Immortal  light  and  joys  unknown, 
Are  for  the  saints  in  darkness  sown  ; 
Those  glorious  seeds  shall  spring  and  rise, 
And  the  bright  harvest  bless  our  eyes. 

4  Rejoice  ye  righteous,  and  record 
The  sacred  honours  of  the  Lord  : 
None  but  the  soul  that  feels  his  grace, 
Can  triumph  in  his  holiness. 

PSALM  98.     'first  Part.     C.  M. 
Praise  for  the  gospel. 

1  HPO  our  almighty  Maker,  God, 
-*-    New  honours  be  addrest ; 

His  great  salvation  shines  abroad, 
And  makes  the  nations  blest. 

2  He  spake  the  word  to  Abraham  first : 

His  truth  fulfils  the  grace ; 
The  Gentiles  make  his  name  their  trust. 
And  learn  his  righteousness. 

3  Let  the  whole  earth  his  love  proclaim. 

With  all  her  different  tongues ; 
And  spread  the  honours  of  his  name 
In  melody  and  songs. 

PSALM  98.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Messiah's  coming  and  kingdom. 

1  1"  OY  to  the  world  ;  the  Lord  is  come ; 
•*    Let  earth  receive  her  King : 

Let  ev'ry  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  sing. 

2  Joy  to  the  earth ;  the  Saviour  reigns; 

Let  men  their  songs  employ ; 
While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills  and  plains, 
Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

3  No  more  let  sins  and  sorrows  grow, 

Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground  : 
He  comes,  to  make  his  blessings  flow 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 


156  PSALM  XCIX. 

4  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 
And  makes  the  nations  prove 
The  glories  of  his  righteousness, 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

PSALM  99.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
Tfie  kingdom  and  majesty  of  Christ. 

1  fipHE  Lord,  Jehovah,  reigns, 

-»-      Let  all  the  nations  fear ; 
Let  sinners  tremble  at  his  throne, 
And  saints  be  humbled  there. 

2  Jesus  the  Saviour  reigns, 
Let  earth  adore  its  Lord ; 

Bright  cherubs  his  attendants  stand, 
And  swift  fulfil  his  word. 

3  In  Zion  is  his  throne  ; 
His  honours  are  divine  ; 

His  church  shall  make  his  wonders  known. 
For  there  his  glories  shine. 

4  How  holy  is  his  name ! 
How  terrible  his  praise  ! 

Justice  and  truth,  and  judgment  join, 
In  all  his  works  of  grace. 

PSALM  99.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
A  holy  God  worshipped  with  reverence. 

1  T^X  ALT  the  Lord  our  God, 
-J-^  And  worship  at  his  feet ; 

His  ways  are  wisdom,  power  and  truth. 
And  mercy  is  his  seat. 

2  When  Israel  was  his  church, 
When  Aaron  was  his  priest, 

When  Moses  cried,  when  Samuel  pray'd, 
He  gave  his  people  rest. 

3  Oft  he  forgave  their  sins, 

Nor  would  destroy  their  race  ; 
And  oft  he  made  his  vengeance  known. 
When  they  abus'd  his  grace. 


PSALM  C.       ,  157 

4  Exalt  the  Lord  our  God ; 
His  grace  is  still  the  same  ; 
Still  he's  a  God  of  holiness, 
And  jealous  for  his  name. 

PSALM  100.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Praise  to  our  Creator, 

1  "OEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
-f   Ye  nations  bow,  with  sacred  joy, 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone  ; 
He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  form'd  us  men  ; 
And  when  like  wand'ring  sheep  we  stray'd3 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

3  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  souls  and  all  our  mortal  frame  : 
What  lasting  honours  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  maker,  to  thy  name  ? 

4  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songss 
High  as  the  heaven  our  voices  raise  ; 
And  earth  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

5  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command, 
Yast  as  eternity  thy  love  ; 

Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  must  stand, 
When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move* 

PSALM   100.     Second  Part.     P.  M. 
A  general  song  of  praise. 

1  QING  to  the  Lord  most  high  • 
►^  Let  every  land  adore  ; 
With  grateful  voice  make  known 
His  goodness  and  his  power. 

Let  cheerful  songs  declare  his  ways, 
And  lei  his  praise  inspire  your  tongues, 

2  Enter  his  courts  with  joy  ; 
With  fear  address  the  Lord  ; 

14 


153  PSALM  CI. 

He  form'd  us  with  bis  hand, 

And  quicken'd  by  his  word, 
With  wide  command  he  spreads  his  sway 
O'er  every  sea,  and  every  land. 

3  His  hands  provide  our  food, 
And  every  blessing  give  ; 
We  feed  upon  his  care, 
And  in  his  pastures  live. 

With  cheerful  songs  declare  his  ways, 
And  let  his  praise  inspire  your  tongues. 

4  Good  is  the  Lord,  our  God, 
His  truth  and  mercy  sure  ; 
While  earth  and  heaven  shall  last, 
His  promises  endure. 

With  bounteous  hand  he  spreads  his  sway 
O'er  every  sea,  and  every  land. 

PSALM  101.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  magistrate's  psalm. 

1  T^TERCY  and  judgment  are  my  song  ; 
-^"     And  since  they  both  to  thee  belong, 
My  gracious  God,  my  righteous  King, 

To  thee  my  songs  and  vows  I'll  bring: 

2  If  I  am  rais'd  to  bear  the  sword, 

I'll  take  my  counsels  from  thy  word  ; 
Thy  justice  and  thy  heavenly  grace 
Shall  be  the  pattern  of  my  ways. 

3  Let  wisdom  all  my  actions  guide, 
And  let  my  God  with  me  reside  : 
No  wicked  thing  shall  dwell  with  me 
Which  may  provoke  thy  jealousy. 

4  I'll  search  the  land,  and  raise  the  just 
To  posts  of  honour,  wealth  and  trust  ; 
The  men  that  work  thy  holy  will, 
Shall  be  my  friends  and  favourites  still. 

5  In  vain  shall  sinners  hope  to  rise 
By  flattering  or  malicious  lies  ; 


PSALM  CII.      ,  159 

And  while  the  innocent  1  guard, 
The  bold  offender  shan't  be  spar'd. 
6  The  impious  crew,  that  factious  band, 
Shall  hide  their  heads,  or  quit  the  land  ; 
And  all  that  break  the  public  rest, 
Where  I  have  power,  shall  be  supprest. 
PSALM  101.     SecondPart.     CM. 
A  psalm  for  a  master  of  a  family. 

1  f\F  justice  and  of  grace  I  sing, 
^-^  And  pay  my  God  my  vows  : 
Thy  grace  and  justice,  heavenly  King, 

Teach  me  to  rule  my  house. 

2  Now  to  my  tent,  O  God,  repair, 

And  make  thy  servant  wise  : 

I'll  suffer  nothing  near  me  there, 

That  shall  offend  thine  eyes. 

3  The  man  that  doth  his  neighbour  wrong. 

By  falsehood  or  by  force ; 
The  scornful  eye,  the  slanderous  tongue, 
I'll  thrust  them  from  my  doors. 

4  I'll  seek  the  faithful  and  the  just, 

And  will  their  help  enjoy  ; 
These  are  the  friends  that  I  shall  trust, 
The  servants  I'll  employ. 

5  The  wretch  that  deals  in  sly  deceit, 

I'll  not  endure  a  night ; 
The  liar's  tongue  I'll  ever  hate, 
And  banish  from  my  sight. 

6  I'll  purge  my  family  around, 

And  make  the  wicked  flee ; 
So  shall  my  house  be  ever  found, 
A  dwelling  fit  for  thee. 

PSALM  102.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
A  prayer  for  the  afflicted. 

i   TTEAR  me,  O  God,  nor  hide  thy  face5 
■"•  But  answer  lest  I  die  : 


160  PSALM  CII. 

Hast  thou  not  buiJt  a  throne  of  grace 
To  hear  when  sinners  cry  ? 

2  My  days  are  wasted  like  the  smoke 

Dissolving  in  the  air ; 
My  strength  is  dry'd,  my  heart  is  broke5 
And  sinking  in  despair. 

3  My  spirits  flag  like  withering  grass 

Burnt  with  excessive  heat ; 
In  secret  groans  my  minutes  pass, 
And  I  forget  to  eat. 

4  As  on  some  lonely  building's  top, 

The  sparrow  tells  her  moan  ; 
Far  from  the  tents  of  joy  and  hope, 
I  sit  and  grieve  alone. 

5  My  soul  is  like  a  wilderness. 

Where  beasts  of  midnight  howl ; 
There  the  sad  raven  finds  her  place, 
And  there  the  screaming  owl. 

6  Dark  dismal  thoughts  and  boding  fears 

Dwell  m  my  troubled  breast  ; 
While  sharp  reproaches  wound  my  ears, 
Nor  give  my  spirit  rest. 

7  My  cup  is  mingled  with  my  woes, 
.     And  tears  are  my  repast ; 

My  daily  bread  like  ashes  grows 
Unpleasant  to  my  taste. 

8  Sense  can  afford  no  real  joy 

To  souls  that  feel  thy  frown ; 
Lord  'twas  thy  hand  advane'd  me  high ; 
Thy  hand  hath  cast  me  down. 

9  My  looks  like  wither'd  leaves  appear; 

And  life's  declining  light 
Grows  faint  as  evening  shadows  are, 
That  vanish  into  night. 

10  But  thou  forever  art  the  same, 

O  my  eternal  God !, 


PSALM"  CIT.  16! 

Ages  to  come  shall  know  thy  name; 
And  spread  thy  works  abroad. 

1 1  Thou  wilt  arise  and  shew  thy  face; 

Nor  will  my  Lord  delay 
Beyond  the  appointed  hour  of  grace, 
That  long  expected  day. 

12  He  hears  his  saints,  he  knows  their  cry, 

And  by  mysterious  ways, 
Redeems  the  pris'ners  doom'd  to  die, 
And  fills  their  tongues  with  praise. 

PSALM   102.     Second  Part.     CM. 
Prayer  heard,  and  the  church,  revived. 

i    §'   ET  Zion  and  her  sons  rejoice; 
-■-^  Behold  the  promis'd  hour : 
Her  God  hath  heard  her  mourning  voice*- 
And  comes  t'  exalt  his  power, 

2  Her  dust  and  ruins  that  remain, 

Are  precious  in  our  eyes ; 

Those  ruins  shall  be  built  again, 

And  all  that  dust  shall  rise. 

3  The  Lord  will  raise  Jerusalem, 

And  stand  in  glory  there  : 
Nations  shall  bow  before  his  name, 
And  kings  attend  with  fear. 

4  He  sits  a  sovereign  on  his  throne,  i 
,    With  pity  in  his  eyes ; 

He  hears  the  dying  pris'ners  groan. 
And  sees  their  sighs  arise, 

')  He  frees  the  souls  condemned  to  death. 
And  when  his  saints  complain, 
It  sha'nt  be  said,  "  that  praying  breath 
"Was  ever  spent  in  vain." 

0  This  shall  be  known  when  we  are  dead, 
And  left  on  long  record ; 
That  a#es  yet  unborn  may  read, 
And  trust  and  praise  the  Lord; 


162  PSALM   C1D. 

PSALM   102,     Third  Part.     L.  M 
The  saints  die,  but  Christ  and  the  church  live. 

1  ¥T  is  the  Lord  our  Saviours  hand 

-■-  Weakens  our  strength  amid  the  race ; 
Disease  and  death  at  his  command, 
Arrest  us  and  cut  short  our  days. 

2  Spare  us,  O  Lord,  aloud  we  pray, 
Nor  let  our  sun  go  down  at  noon  : 
Thy  years  are  one  eternal  day  ; 
And  must  thy  children  die  so  soon  ? 

3  Yet  in  the  midst  of  death  and  grief, 
This  thought  our  sorrow  shall  assuage ; 
'•  Our  Father  and  our  Saviour  live  : 

"  Christ  is  the  same  through  ev'ry  age." 

4  'Twas  he  this  earth's  foundation  laid  ; 
Heaven  is  the  building  of  his  hand  :     [fade, 
This  earth  grows  old,  these  heavens  shall 
And  all  be  chang'd  at  his  command. 

5  The  starry  curtains  of  the  sky, 
Like  garments,  shall  be  laid  aside ; 

But  still  thy  throne  stands  firm  and  high ; 
Thy  church  forever  must  abide. 

6  Before  thy  face  thy  church  shall  live, 
And  on  thy  throne  thy  children  reign ; 
This  dying  world  shall  they  survive, 
And  the  dead  saints  be  rais'd  again. 

PSALM  103.     First  Part,  S.  M. 
Praise  for  spiritual  and  temporal  mercies. 

1  f\  BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 
^-^  Let  all  within  me  join  : 

And  aid  my  tongue  to  bless  his  name,: 
Whose  favours  are  divine  ! 

2  O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul  \ 
Nor  let  his  mercies  lie 

Forgotten  in  unthankful ness, 
And  without  praises  die0 


PSALM  CIII.  163 

3  'Tis  he  forgives  thy  sins ; 
'Tis  he  relieves  thy  pain  ; 

Tis  he  that  heals  thy  sicknesses, 
And  makes  thee  young  again. 

4  He  crowns  thy  life  with  love, 
When  ransom'd  from  the  grave; 

He,  that  redeemed  my  soul  from  hell, 
Hath  sovereign  power  to  save. 

5  He  fills  the  poor  with  good, 
He  gives  the  sufferers  rest ; 

The  Lord  hath  judgments  for  the  proud-., 
And  justice  for  the  opprest. 

6  His  wondrous  wrorks  and  ways 
He  made  by  Moses  known : 

But  sent  the  world  his  truth  and  grace,, 
By  his  beloved  Son. 

PSALM   103.  Second  Part.     S.  M. 
Mercy  in  the  midst  -of  judgment. 

1   TVJY  soul  repeat  his  praise, 
IT  J.  Whose  mercies  are  so  great. 
Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

3  God  will  not  always  chide  ; 
And  when  his  strokes  are  felt, 
His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes, 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

3  High  as  the  heavens  are  rais'd 
Above  the  ground  we  tread, 

So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 

Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 

4  His  power  subdues  our  sins  ; 
And  his  forgiving  love, 

Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

5  The  pity  of  the  Lord, 

To  those  that  fear  his  name. 


164  PSALM  C1Y. 

Is  such  as  tender  parents  feel: 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

6  He  knows  we  are  but  dust, 
Scatter'd  with  every  breath  ; 

His  anger  like  a  rising  wind, 
Can  send  us  swift  to  death, 

7  Our  days  are  as  the  grass, 
Or  like  the  morning  flower; 

If  one  sharp  blast  sweep  o'er  the  field,. 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

8  But  thy  compassions,  Lord, 
To  endless  years  endure  ; 

And  children's  chifdren  ever  find 
Thy  words  of  promise  sure. 

PSALM   103.     Third  Part.     S.  M. 
Bless  the  Lord,  his  angels,  and  all  his  works. 

1  rflHE  Lord  the  sovereign  King, 
-■-    Has  fix'd  his  thrdne  on  high  ; 

O'er  all  the  heavenly  world  he  rules, 
And  all  beneath  the  sky. 

2  Ye  angels,  great  in  might, 
And  swift  to  do  his  will  ; 

Bless  ye  the  Lord,  whose  voice  ye  hear 
Whose  pleasure  ye  fulfil. 

3  Let  the  bright  hosts  who  wait 
The  orders  of  their  King, 

And  guard  his  churches  when  they  pray. 
Join  in  the  praise  they  sing. 

4  While  all  his  wondrous  works 
Through  his  vast  kingdom  show 

Their  maker's  glory  ;  thou,  my  soul, 
Shalt  sing  his  praises  too. 

PSALM.  104.     First  Part.   L.  M. 
The  glory  of  God  in  creation  and  providence, 

1   "JM[Y  soul,  thy  great  Creator  praise  ; 
IT  J.  When  cloth'd  in  his  celestial  rays? 


PSALM  CIV.  165 

He  in  full  majesty  appears, 
And,  like  a  robe,  his  glory  wears. 

2  The  heavens  are  for  his  curtains  spread, 
Th'  unfatliom'd  deep  he  makes  his  bed  : 
Clouds  are  his  chariot,  when  he -flies 
On  winged  storms  across  the  skies. 

3  Angels,  whom  his  own  breath  inspires, 
His  ministers  are  flaming  fires ; 

And  swift  as  thought,  their  armies  move 
To  bear  his  vengeance  or  his  love. 

4  The  world's  foundations  by  his  hand 
Are  pois'd,  and  shall  forever  stand  : 
He  binds  the  ocean  in  his  chain, 
Lest  it  should  drown  the  earth  again. 

5  When  earth  was  cover'd  with  the  flood 
Which  high  above  the  mountains  stood, 
He  thundered  and  the  ocean  fled, 
Confin'd  to  its  appointed  bed. 

6  The  swelling  billows  know  their  bounds, 
And  in  their  channels  walk  their  rounds ; 
Yet  thence  convey'dby  secret  veins, 
They  spring  on  hills,  and  drench  the  plains. 

7  He  bids  the  chrystal  fountains  flow, 
And  cheer  the  vallies  as  they  go  ; 
Tame  heifers  there  their  thirst  allay, 
And  for  the  stream  wild  asses  bray. 

8  From  pleasant  trees  which  shade  the  brink 
The  lark  and  linnet  light  to  drink  ; 
Their  songs  the  lark  and  linnet  raise, 
And  chide  our  silence  in  his  praise. 

PSALM  104.  Second  Part.     L.  M> 
Provide?ice. 

I  g~1  OD,  from  his  cloudy  cistern,  pours 
^^  On  the  parch'd  earth  enriching  showers ; 
The  grove,  the  garden,  and  the  field, 
A  thousand  joyful  blessings  yield, 


166  PSALM  CIV. 

2  He  makes  the  grassy  food  arise, 
And  gives  the  cattle  large  supplies  ; 
With  herbs  for  man,  of  various  power, 
To  nourish  nature,  or  to  cure. 

3  What  noble  fruit  the  vines  produce ! 
The  olive  yields  a  shining  juice  ; 

Our  hearts  are  cheer'd  with  generous  wine  ; 
With  inward  joy  our  faces  shine. 

4  O  !  bless  his  name,  ye  nations,  fed 
With  nature's  chief  supporter,  bread  : 
While  bread  your  vital  strength  imparts, 
Serve  him  with  vigour  in  your  hearts. 

PSALM  104.     Third  Part.    L.  M. 
Providence . 

1  "OEHOLD  !  the  stately  cedar  stands 
-f  Rais'd  in  the  forest  by  his  hands  ; 
Birds  to  the  boughs  for  shelter  fly, 
And  build  their  nests  secure  on  high. 

2  To  craggy  hills  ascends  the  goat ; 
And  at  the  airy  mountain's  foot, 
The  feeble  creatures  make  their  cell ; 
He  gives  them  wisdom  where  to  dwell. 

3  He  sets  the  sun  his  circling  race, 
Appoints  the  moon  to  change  her  face  ; 
And  when  thick  darkness  veils  the  day, 
Calls  out  wild  beasts  to  hunt  their  prey. 

4  Fierce  lions  lead  their  young  abroad, 
And  roaring,  ask  their  meat  from  God  > 
But  when  the  morning  beams  arise, 
The  savage  beast  to  covert  flies. 

5  Then  man  to  daily  labour  goes  ; 
The  night  was  made  for  his  repose  ; 
Sleep  is  thy  gift,  that  sweet  relief 
From  tiresome  toil,  and  wasting  grief. 

6  How  strange  thy  works !  how  great  thy  skill  I 
All  lands  thy  boundless  riches  fill ; 


PSALM  CIV.  167 

Thy  wisdom  round  the  world  we  see  ; 
This  spacious  earth  is  full  of  thee. 

7  Nor  less  thy  glories  in  the  deep, 
Where  fish  in  millions  swrim  and  creep, 
With  wondrous  motions  swift  or  slow, 
Still  wandering  in  the  paths  below. 

8  There  ships  divide  their  watery  way, 
And  flocks  of  scaly  monsters  play  ; 
There  dwells  the  hu^e  Leviathan, 
And  foams  and  sports  in  spite  of  man. 

PSALM   104.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Providence. 

1  "VTAST  are  thy  works,  almighty  Lord  : 

*     All  nature  rests  upon  thy  word  ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  creatures  stands, 
Waiting  their  portion  from  thy  hands. 

2  While  earth  receives  his  different  food, 
His  cheerful  looks  pronounce  it  good  ; 
Eagles  and  bears,  and  whales  and  worms 
Rejoice,   and  praise  in  different  forms. 

3  But  when  thy  face  is  hid  they  mourn, 
And  dying,  to  their  dust  return; 
Both  man  and  beast  their  souls  resign,; 
Life,  breath,  and  spirit,  all  are  thine. 

4=  Yet  thou  canst  breathe  on  dust  again, 
And  fill  the  world  with  beasts  and  men  ; 
A  word  of  thy  creating  breath 
Repairs  the  wastes  of  time  and  death. 

5  Thy  works,  the  wonders  of  thy  might, 
Are  honour'd  with  thine  own  delight : 
How  awful  are  thy  glorious  ways  ! 
Lord,  thou  art  dreadful  in  thy  praise. 

6  The  earth  stands  trembling  at  thy  stroke, 
And  at  thy  touch  the  mountains  smoke  ; 
Yet  humble  souls  may  see  thy  face, 
And  tell  their  wants  to  sovereign  grace. 


1(58  PSALM  CV. 

7  In  thee  my  hopes  and  wishes  meet, 
And  make  my  meditations  sweet ; 
Thy  praises  shall  my  breath  employ, 
'Till  it  expire  in  endless  joy. 

8  While  haughty  sinners  die  accurst, 
Their  glory  buried  with  their  dust ; 
I  to  my  God,  my  heavenly  King, 
Immortal  hallelujahs  sing. 

PSALM     05.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
God's  care  of  the  Patriarchs. 

1  |~1iVE  thanks  to  God,  invoke  his  name, 
^Jf   And  tell  the  world  his  grace; 
Sound  through  the  earth  his  deeds  of  fame, 

That  all  may  seek  his  face. 

2  His  covenant  which  he  kept  in  mind 

For  numerous  ages  past, 
To  numerous  ages  yet  behind, 
In  equal  force  shall  last. 

3  He  sware  to  Abraham  and  his  seed, 

And  made  the  blessing  sure  ; 
Gentiles  the  ancient  promise  read, 
And  find  his  truth  endure. 

4  "  Thy  seed  shall  make  the  nations  blest," 

Said  the  Almighty  voice, 
"  And  Canaan's  land  shall  be  their  rest, 
"  The  type  of  heavenly  joys." 

5  How  large  the  grant !  how  rich  the  grace  ! 

To  give  them  Canaan's  land, 
When  they  were  strangers  in  the  place, 
A  little,  feeble  band. 

6  Like  pilgrims,  through  the  countries  round 

Securely  they  remov'd  ; 
And  haughty  kings,  that  on  them  frown'd, 
Severely  he  reprov'd. 

7  "  Touch  mine  anointed,  and  my  arm 

"  Shall  soon  revenge  the  wrong  ; 


PSALM  CV.  160 

"  The  man  that  does  my  prophets  harm, 
"  Shall  know  their  God  is  strong." 
8   Then  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 
Nor  put  the  Church  in  fear  ; 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  th?  Almighty's  care, 

PSALM   105.     Second  Part.    CM. 
The  plagues  of  Egypt. 

1  "Vl^HEN  Pharaoh  dar'd  to  vex  the  saints, 

▼  ▼       And  thus  provok'd  their  God  ; 
Moses  was  sent  at  their  complaints, 
Arm'd  with  his  dreadful  rod. 

2  He  call'd  for  darkness  ;darkness  came 

Like  an  o'erwhelming  flood  ; 
He  made  each  lake,  and  every  stream, 
A  lake,  a  stream  of  blood. 

3  He  gave  the  sign,  and  noisome  flies 

Through  the  whole  country  spread  ; 
And  frogs,  in  croaking  armies,  rise 
About  the  monarch's  bed. 

4  Through  fields  and  towns,  and  palaces, 

The  ten-fold  vengeance  flew  : 
Locusts  in  swarms  devoured  their  trees, 
And  hail  their  cattle  slew. 

5  Then,  by  an  angel's  midnight  stroke, 

The  flower  of  Egypt  died  ; 
The  strength  of  every  house  was  broke, 
Their  glory  and  their  pride. 

6  Now  let  the  world  forbear  its  rage, 

Nor*put  the  church  in  fear : 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  tK  Almighty's  care, 

PSALM   105.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Israel  led  through  the  wilderness  to  Canaan. 

1    FBI  HLTS  were  the  tribe sfrom  bondagefreed, 
-■-    And  left  the  hated  ground  ; 
15 


170  PSALM  CVI. 

Egyptian  spoils  supplied  their  need  ; 
Nor  was  one  feebie  found. 

2  The  Lord  himself  chose  out  their  way, 

And  mark'd  their  journies  right  ; 
Gave  them  a  leading  cloud  by  day, 
A  fiery  guide  by  night. 

3  They  thirst  ;  and  waters  from  the  rock 

In  rich  abundance  flow  ; 
And  following  still  the  course  they  took, 
Ran  ail  the  desert  through. 

1  O  wondrous  stream  !  O  blessed  type 
Of  overflowing  grace  ! 
So  Christ  our  rock  maintains  our  life, 
Through  all  the  wilderness. 
3  Thus  guarded  by  the  Almighty's  hand, 
The  chosen  tribes  possest 
Canaan,  the  rich,  the  promis'd  land, 
And  there  enjoy'd  their  rest. 

3   Then  let  the  7V oriel  forbear  its  rage, 
The  church  renounce  her  fear  ; 
Israel  must  live  through  every  age, 
And  be  the  Almighty'' s  care. 

PSALM   106.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

Communion  with  saints. 

1  npO  God  the  great,  the  ever  blest, 

-B-     Let  songs  of  honour  be  addrest ; 
His  mercy  firm  for  ever  stands  ; 
Give  him  the  thanks  his  love  demands. 

2  Who  knows  the  wonders  of  thy  w$ys  I 
Who  shall  fulfil  thy  boundless  praise  ? 
Blest  are  the  souls  that  fear  thee  still, 
And  pay  their  duty  to  thy  will. 

3  Remember  what  thy  mercy  did 
For  Jacob's  race,  thy  chosen  seed, 
And  with  the  same  salvation  bless 
The  meanest  suppliant  of  thy  grace. 


PSALM  CVI1.  171 

O  may  I  see  thy  tribes  rejoice, 
And  aid  their  triumphs  with  my  voice  ! 
This  is  my  glory,  Lord,  to  be 
Join'dto  thy  saints,  and  near  to  thee. 

PSALM   106.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
The  unchangeable  love  of  God. 


1    |~1  OD  of  eternal  love, 


How  fickle  are  our  ways? 
And  yet  how  oft  did  Israel  prove 
Thy  constancy  of  .grace  ! 

2  They  saw  thy  wonders  wrought, 
And  then  thy  praise  they  sung ; 

Eat  soon  thy  works  of  power  forgot, 
And  murmur'd  with  their  tongue. 

3  Now  they  believ'd  his  word, 
While  rocks  with  rivers  flow  ; 

Now  with  their  lusts  provok'd  the  Lord, 
And  he  redue'd  them  low. 

4  Yet  when  they  mourn'd  their  faults, 
He  hearken'd  to  their  groans : 

Brought  his  own  covenant  to  his  thoughts, 
And  call'd  them  still  his  sons. 

5  Their  names  were  in  his  book  ; 
He  sav'd  them  from  their  foes ; 

Oft  he  chastis'd,  but  ne'er  forsook 
The  people  that  he  chose. 

6  Let  Israel  bless  the.  Lord, 
Who  lov'd  their  ancient  race ; 

And  Christians  join  the  solemn  word, 
Amen,  to  all  their  praise. 

PSALM  i07.     First  Parti     L.  M. 

Israel  led  to  Canaan,  and  Christians  to  heaven. 

1    |^1  IV  E  thanks  to  God  ;  he  reigns  above  ; 
^*Kind  are  his  thoughts,  his  name  is  love ; 
His  metffcy  ages  past  have  known, 
And  ages  long  to  come  shall  own. 


172  PSALM  CVI1. 

2  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord 
The  wonders  of  his  grace  record  ; 
Israel  the  nation  whom  he  chose, 
And  rescued  from  their  mighty  foes. 

3  In  their  distress  to  God  they  cried, 
God  was  their  Saviour  and  their  guide  ; 
He  led  their  march  far  wandering  round  ; 
'Twas  the  right  path  to  Canaan's  ground. 

4  Thus  when  our  first  release  we  gain 
From  sin's  old  yoke  and  Satan's  chain  ; 
We  have  this  desert  world  to  pass, 

A  dangerous  and  a  tiresome  place. 

3  He  feeds  and  clothes  us  all  the  way, 
Me  guides  our  footsteps  lest  we  stray, 
He  guards  us  with  a  powerful  hand, 
And  brings  us  to  the  heavenly  land. 

#  O  let  the  saints  with  joy  record 
The  truth  and  goodness  of  the  Lord ! 
How  great  his  works!  how  kind  his  ways  ! 
Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise. 
PSALM   107.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Correction  for  sin,  and  release  by  prayer. 

i   "17* ROM  age  to  age  exalt  his  name  ; 
-T    God  and  his  grace  are  still  the  same  ; 
He  fills  the  hungry  soul  with  food, 
And  feeds  the  poor  with  every  good. 

2  But  if  their  hearts  rebel,  and  rise 
Against  the  God  that  rules  the  skies  ; 
If  they  reject  his  heavenly  word, 
And  slight  the  counsels  of  the  Lord  ; 

3  He'll  bring  their  spirits  to  the  ground, 
And  no  deliverer  shall  be  found  ; 
Laden  with  grief,  they  waste  their  breath 
In  darkness  and  the  shades  of  death. 

4  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raise  their  cries  ; 
He  makes  the  dawning  light  arise, 


i-SALM  CV.  173 

And  scatters  all  that  dismal  shade, 

That  hung  so  heavy  round  their  head. 

He  cuts  the  bars  of  brass  in  two, 

And  lets  the  smiling  prisoners  through  ; 

Takes  off  the  load  of  guilt  and  grief, 

And  gives  the  labouring  soul  relief* 

O  may  the  sons  of  men  record 

The  wondrous  goodness  of  1  he  Lord! 

How  great  his  works,  how  kind  his  ways  I 

Let  every  tongue  pronounce  his  praise. 

PSALM  107.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 

Intemperance  punished  and  pardoned. 

VAIN  manjtaon  foolish  pleasures  bent, 
Prepares  for  his  own  punishment  ; 
What  pains,  what  loathsome  maladies 
From  luxury  and  lust  arise  ! 

The  drunkard  feels  his  vitals  waste 
Yet  drowns  his  health  to  please  his  taste ; 
'Till  all  his  active  powers  are  lost, 
And  fainting  life  draws  near  the  dust. 
The  glutton  groans,  and  loathes  to  eat ; 
His  soul  abhors  delicious  meat; 
Nature  with  heavy  loads  opprest, 
Would  yield  to  death  to  be  released. 

Behold  the  frightened  sinners  fly 

To  God  for  help -with  earnest  cry! 

He  hears  their  groans ;  prolongs  their  breath  i 

And  saves  them  from  approaching  death. 

No  med'cines  could  effect  the  cure 

So  quick,  so  easy,  or  so  sure  ; 

The  deadly  sentence  God  repeals, 

He  sends  his  sovereign  word  and  heals. 

O  may  the  sons  of  men  record 

The  wondrous  goodness  of  tie  Lord  ! . 

And  let  their  thankful  offerings  prove 

How  they  adore  their  Makers  love, 


174  PSALM  CVIi. 

PSALM    107.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
The  mariner''  s  psalm. 

1  FW1HY  works  of  glory,  m'ghty  Lord  !' 

-*-    Thy  wonders  in  the  deeps, 

The  sons  of  courage  shall  record, 

Who  trade  in  floating  ships. 

2  At  thy  command  the  winds  arise, 

And  swell  the  towering  waves  ; 
The  men  astonish'd  mount  the  skies, 
And  sink  in  gaping  graves. 

3  Frighted  to  hear  the  tempest  roar, 

They  pant  with  fluttering  breath  ; 
And  hopeless  of  the  distant  shore, 
Expect  immediate  death. 

4  Then  to  the  Lord  they  raise  their  cries, 

He  hears  their  loud  request  ; 
And  orders  silence  thro'  the  skies, 

And  lays  the  floods  to  rest. 
3  Sailors  rejoice  to  lose  their  fears, 

And  see  the  storm  allay'd  : 
Now  to  their  eyes  the  port  appears ; 

There  let  their  vows  be  paid. 

6  Tis  God  that  brings  them  safe  to  land  ;4 

Let  stupid  mortals  know, 
That  waves  are  under  his  command, 
And  all  the  winds  that  blow. 

7  O  that  the  sons  of  men  would  praise 

The  goodness  of  the  Lord? 
And  those  that  see  thy  wondrous  ways, 
Thy  wondrous  love  record. 

PSALM   107.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
Nations  blest  and  punished.    Ji  psalm  for  America. 

I  V^HENGod,provokMwith  daring  crimes, 
*  *       Scourges  the  madness  of  the  times, 
He  turns  their  fields  to  barren  sand, 
And  dries  the  rivers  from  the  land* 


PSALM  CVIIL  175 

2  His  word  can  raise  the  springs  again, 
And  make  the  wither' d  mountains  green; 
Send  showery  blessings  from  the  skies, 
And  harvests  in  the  desert  rise. 

3  Where  nothing  dwelt  but  beasts  of  prey, 
Or  men  as  fierce  and  wild  as  they; 

He  bids  th'  opprest  and  poor  repair, 
And  builds  them  towns  and  cities  there. 

4  They  sow  the  fields  and  trees  they  plant, 
Whose  yearly  fruit  supplies  their  want ; 
Their  race  grows  up  from  fruitful  stocks  ; 
Their  wealth  increases  with  their  flocks. 

5  Thus  they  are  blest ;  but  if  they  sin, 
He  lets  the  heathen  nations  in : 

A  savage  crew  invades  their  lands; 
Their  people  die  by  barb'rous  hands ; 

6  Their  captive  sons  expos'd  to  scorn, 
Wander  unpitied  and  forlorn  : 

The  country  lies  unfenc'd,  untilPd, 
And  desolation  spreads  the  field. 

7  Yet  if  the  humbled  nation  mourns, 
Again  his  dreadful  hand  he  turns : 
Again  he  makes  their  cities  thrive* 
And  bids  the  dying  churches  live. 

8  The  righteous  with  a  joyful  sense, 
Admire  the  works  of  Providence  ; 
And  tongues  of  atheists  shall  no  more 
Blaspheme  the  God  that  saints  adore. 

0  How  few  with  pious  care  record 
These  wondrous  dealings  of  the  Lord ! 
But  wise  observers  still  shall  find, 
The  Lord  is  holy,  just  and  kind. 

PSALM  108.     First  Part.     L.   M. 
Praise  to  God  for  his  care  of  the  Church. 

1  A  GAIN,  my  tongue  thy  silence  break, 
-™-  My  heart*  and  all  my  powers  awake; 


176  PSALM  CV11L 

My  tongue,  the  glory  of  my  frame, 
Awake,  and  sing  Jehovah's  name. 

2  O'er  heaven  exalted  is  his  throne  ; 
In  evVy  world  his  glory  shown  : 

The  church  he  loves,  his  hand  shall  save 
From  death,  and  sorrow,  and  the  grave. 

3  Ye  kingdoms,  hear  his  awful  voice  ! 
"  In  Zion  shall  my  heart  rejoice ; 

"  This  hand  shall  all  her  foes  dismay, 

"  And  make  their  seatter'd  strength  a  prey. 

1  "  Mine  are  the  sons  of  Zion,  mine 
"  Their  glory,  grace,  and  truth  divine; 
"  My  sceptre  shines  in  .Tudah's  hands, 
"  And  still  my  strength  in  Ephraim  stands. 

5  "  My  foes  to  ruin  shall  be  given, 

"  The  shame  of  earth,  the  scorn  of  heaven ; 
"  Their  eyes  shall  see  my  church  prevail; 
"  Their  strength  shall  shrink,  their  courage 
•      fail." 

6  O  thou,  beneath  whose  sovereign  sway 
Nations,  and  worlds,  in  dust  decay, 
Though  thy  sweet  smile  has  been  withdrawn*. 
Thine  aid  cleny'd,  thy  presence  gone ; 

#   Yet  wilt  thou  still  with  love  return; ' 
With  duty  teach  our  hearts  to  burn; 
Our  dying  graces,  Lord,  revive, 
And  bid  thy  fainting  children  live. 

8  Qave  us  from  sin,  and  fear,  and  woe, 
From  every  snare,  and  every  foe, 
And  help  us  boldly  to  contend, 
Falsehood  resist,  and  truth  defend. 

PSALM   108.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Fervent  Praise. 

1     A  WAKE  my  soul  with  fervent  praise, 
-£*-  Awake  my  heart  to  sing; 
Join  all  my  powers  the  song  to  raise, 
And  morning  inrense  bring. 


PSALM  CIX.  177 

Among  the  people  of  his  care, 

And  through  the  nations  round, 
Glad  songs  of  praise  will  I  prepare, 

And  high  his  name  resound. 
Be  thou  exalted,  O  my  God, 

Ahove  the  starry  train ; 
Diffuse  thy  heavenly  grace  abroad, 

And  teach  the  world  thy  reign, 
The  church  is  thine  ;  thou  wilt  maintain 

Her  cause  in  ev'ry  age; 
Built  on  a  rock,  her  foes  in  vain 

Against  her  rights  engage. 

Then  let  thy  chosen  sons  rejoice, 

And  throng  thy  courts  above  ; 
While  sinners  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 

And  taste  redeeming  love. 

PSALM  109.    C.  M. 

Love  to  enemies ,  from  (he  example  of  Christ. 

C^i  QD  of  my  mercy  and  my  praise, 
X  Thy  glory  is  my  song ; 
Though  sinners  speak  against  thy  grace 
With  a  blaspheming  tongue. 

When  in  the  form  of  mortal  man 
Thy  Son  on  earth  was  found ; 

With  cruel  slanders 'false  and  vain, 
They  compass'd  him  around. 

Their  mis'ries  his  compassion  move, 

Their  peace  he  still  pursu'd  ; 
They  render  hatred  for  his  love, 

And  evil  for  his  good. 

Their  malice  rao'd  without  a  cause  ; 

Yet  with  his  dying  breath, 
He  pray'd  for  murd'rers  on  his  cross, 

And  blest  his  foes  in  death. 
Lord,  shall  thy  bright  example  shine 

In  vain  before  my  eyes  ? 


J  78  PSALM  CX. 

Give  me  a  soul  akin  to  thine, 
To  love  mine  enemies. 

6  The  Lord  shall  on  my  side  engage ; 
And  in  my  Saviour's  name, 
I  shall  defeat  their  pride  and  rage, 
Who  slander  and  condemn. 

PSALM   110.     First  Part.     L.   M. 
The  success  of  the  gospel. 

1  fJlHIS  the  eternal  Father  spake 

-*-    To  Christ  the  Son  ;  "Ascend  and  sit 
"  At  my  right  hand,  'till  I  shall  make 
"  Thy  foes  submissive  at  thy  feet. 

2  "  From  Zion  shall  thy  word  proceed  ; 
"  Thy  word,  the  sceptre  in  thy  hand, 

"  Shall  make  the  hearts  of  rebels  bleed, 
"  And  bow  their  wiiisto  thy  command. 

3  "  That  day  shall  show  thy  power  is  great; 
"  When  saints  shall  flock  with  willing  minds, 
"  And  sinners  crowd  thy  temple  gate, 

"  Where  holiness  in  beauty  shines." 

4  O  blessed  power !  O  glorious  day  I 
What  a  large  victory  shall  ensue  ! 
And  converts,  who  thy  grace  obey, 
Exceed  the  drops  of  morning  dew. 

PSALM  110.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Christ's  kingdom  and  priesthood. 

1  1"ESUS,  our  Lord,  ascend  thy  throne, 
"    And  near  thy  Father  sit : 

In  Zion  shall  thy  power  be  known, 
And  make  thy  foes  submit. 

2  What  wonders  shall  thy  gospel  do  ! 

Thy  converts  shall  surpass 
The  num'rous  drops  of  morning  dew, 
And  own  thy  sovereign  grace. 

3  God  hath  pronoune'd  a  firm  decree, 

Nor  changes  what  he  swore : 


rSALdVl    LAI.  I7y 

"  Eternal  shall  thy  priesthood  be, 
"  When  Aaron  is  no  more. 

4  "  Melchisedek,  that  wondrous  priest, 

"  That  king  of  high  degree  ; 
"  That  holy  man,  whom  Abraham  blest, 
"  Was  but  a  type  of  thee." 

5  Jesus  our  Priest,  forever  lives, 

To  plead  for  us  above  ; 
Jesus  our  King  forever  gives 
The  blessings  of  his  love. 

6  God  shall  exalt  his  glorious  head, 

His  lofty  throne  maintain; 
And  strike  the  powers  and  princes  dead, 
Who  dare  oppose  his  reign. 

PSALM   110.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  counsel  of  peace, 

1  ¥  ESUS  the  priest  ascends  the  throne | 
*J    While  counsels  of  eternal  peace 
Between  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
Proceed  with  honour  and  success,    [spread, 

2  Through  the  whole  earth  his   reign  shall 
And  crush  the  powers  that  dare  rebel ; 
Then  shall  he  judge  the  rising  dead, 

And  send  the  guilty  world  to  hell. 

3  Though  while  he  treads  his  glorious  way, 
He  drinks  the  cup  of  tears  and  blood  ; 
The  sufferings  of  that  dreadful  day 
Shall  but  advance  him  near  to  God. 

PSALM  111.     First  Part:     CM. 
The  wisdom  of  God  in  hti  works, 

1  CQNGS  of  immortal  praise  belong 
►^   To  my  almighty  God  ; 

He  hath  my  heart,  and  he  my  tongue, 
To  spread  his  name  abroad. 

2  How  great  the  works  his  hand  hath  wrought ! 

How  glorious  in  our  sight ! 


And  men  in  everj  age  have  sought 
His  wonders  with  delight. 

3  How  most  exact  is  nature's  frame! 

How  wise  tii'  Eternal  mind  ! 
His  counsels  never  change  the  scheme 
That  his  first  thoughts  design'd. 

4  When  he  redeem'd  his  chosen  sons, 

He  fix'd  his  cov'nant  sure  : 
The  orders  that  his  lips  pronounce 
To  endless  years  endure. 

5  Nature  and  time,  and  earth,  and  skies, 

Thy  heavenly  skill  proclaim : 
What  shall  we  do  to  make  us  wise, 
But  learn  to  read  thy  name  ? 

6  To  fear  thy  power,  to  trust  thy  grace, 

Is  our  divinest  skill ; 
And  he's  the  wisest  of  our  race, 
Who  best  obeys  thy  will. 

PSALM  111.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  perfections  of  God. 

1  £^i  RE  AT  is  the  Lord,  his  works  of  might, 
W  Demand  our  noblest  songs ; 

Let  his  assembled  saints  unite 
Their  harmony  of  tongues. 

2  Great  is  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 

He  gives  his  children  food  ; 
And  ever  mindful  of  his  word, 
He  makes  his  promise  good. 

3  His  Son,  the  great  Redeemer,  came 

To  seal  his  covenant  sure  : 

Holy  and  reverend  is  his  name  ; 

His  ways  are  just  and  pure. 

4  They  that  would  grow  divinely  wise, 

Must  with  his  fear  begin  ; 
Our  fairest  proof  of  knowledge  lies 
In  hating  every  sin. 


PSALM  CXI1I.  1<8I 

PSALM  112.    C.  M. 

The  blessings  of  the  pious  and  charitable. 

1  ¥¥APP  Y  is  he  that  fears  the  Lord, 
-EJ-  And  follows  his  commands  ; 
Who  lends  the  poor  without  reward, 

Or  gives  with  liberal  hands. 

2  As  pity  dwells  within  his  breast 

To  all  the  sons  of  need  ; 
So  God  shall  answer  his  request 
With  blessings  on  his  seed. 

3  No  evil  tidings  shall  surprise 

His  well  establish'd  mind  ; 
His  soul  to  God,  his  refuge,  flies, 
And  leaves  his  fears  behind. 

4  In  times  of  general  distress 

Some  beams  of  light  shall  shine, 
To  shew  the  world  his  righteousness, 
And  give  him  peace  divine. 

5  His  works  of  piety  and  love 

Remain  before  the  Lord  : 
Honour  on  earth  and  joys  above, 
Shall  be  his  sure  reward. 

PSALM  113.    L.  M. 

The  sovereignty  and  goodness  of  God. 

1  ~WTE  servants  of  th'  almighty  King, 

-*-    In  every  age  his  praises  sing  ; 
Where'er  the  sun  shall  rise  or  set, 
The  nations  shall  his  praise  repeat. 

2  Above  the  earth,  beyond  the  sky, 
Stands  his  high  throne  of  majesty  ; 
Nor  time,  nor  place,  his  power  restrain. 
Nor  bound  his  universal  reign. 

3  Which  of  the  sons  of  Adam  dare, 
Or  angels  with  their  God  compare  ? 
His  glories  how  divinely  bright 
Who  dwells  in  uncreated  light. 

16 


182  PSALM  CXIY. 

4  Behold  his  love  !  he  stoops  to  view 
What  saints  above,  and  angels  do, 
And  condescends  yet  more  to  know 
The  mean  affairs  of  men  below. 

5  From  dust  and  cottages  obscure, 
His  grace  exalts  the  humble  poor  : 
Gives  them  the  honour  of  his  sons, 
And  fits  them  for  their  heavenly  thrones, 

6  A  word  of  his  creating  voice 

Can  make  the  barren  house  rejoice  ; 
Though  Sarah's  ninety  years  were  past, 
The  promised  seed  is  born  at  last. 

7  With  joy  the  mother  views  her  son, 
And  tells  the  wonders  God  has  done  ; 
Faith  may  grow  strong,  when  sense  despairs ; 
Though  nature  fails,  the  promise  bears. 

PSALM  114.    L.  M. 

Miracles  attending  Israel's  journey. 

1  TMjTHEN  Israel  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 

»  »     Left  the  proud  tyrant  and  his  land, 
The  tribes  with  cheerful  homage  own 
Their  King,  and  Judah  was  his  throne. 

2  Across  the  deep  their  journey  lay; 
The  deep  divides  to  make  them  way  % 
Jordan  beheld  their  march,  and  fled 
With  backward  current  to  his  head. 

3  The  mountains  shook  like  frighted  sheep, 
Like  lambs  the  little  hillocks  leap ; 

Not  Sinai,  on  her  base,  could  stand, 
Conscious  of  sovereign  power  at  hand. 

4  What  power  could  make  the  deep  divide  f 
Or  Jordan  backward  roll  his  tide  ? 

Why  did  ye  leap  ye  little  hills  ? 

And  whence  the  fright  that  Sinai  feels? 

o  Let  every  mountain,  every  flood, 
Jtetire  and  know  th'  approaching  God  : 


PSALM  CXV.  IBS 

The  King  of  Israel,  see  him  here  ; 
Tremble,  thou  earth,  adore  and  fear. 
6  He  thunders,  and  all  nature  mourns ; 
The  rocks  to  standing  pools  lie  turns ; 
Flints  spring  with  fountains  at  his  word. 
And  fires  and  seas  confess  the  Lord. 

PSALM  115.     L.  M. 

The  true  God  is  our  refuge  ;  or,  Idolatry  reproved, 

1  T^TOT  to  ourselves,  who  are  but  dust, 
-*-^    Not  to  ourselves  is  glory  due  ; 
'Tis  thine,  great  God  the  only  just, 
The  only  gracious,  wise,  and  true. 

2  Shine  forth  in  all  thy  dreadful  name  ; 
Why  should  a  heathen's  haughty  tongue 
Insult  us,  and,  to  raise  our  shame,      [long  1" 
Say,  "  Where's  the  God  you've   serv'd  so 

3  The  God  we  serve,  maintains  his  throne 
Above  the  clouds,  beyond  the  skies  ; 
Through  all  the  earth  his  will  is  done, 
He  knows  our  groans,  he  hears  our  cries* 

4  But  the  vain  idols  they  adore, 

Are  senseless  shapes  of  stdne  and  wood  ; 
At  best  a  mass  of  glittering  ore, 
A  silver  saint,  or  golden  god. 

5  With  eyes  and  ears  they  carve  the  head; 
Deaf  are  their  ears,  their  eyes  are  blind ; 
In  vain  are  costly  offerings  made, 

And  vows  are  scatter'd  in  the  wind. 

6  Their  feet  were  never  made  to  move, 
Nor  hands  to  save  when  mortals  pray  s 
Mortals,  that  pay  them  fear  or  love, 
Seem  to  be  blind  and  deaf  as  they. 

7  O  Israel !  make  the  Lord  thy  hope, 
Thy  help,  thy  refuge  and  thy  rest  ; 
The  Lord  shall  build  thy  ruins  up, 
And  bless  the  people  and  the  priest*. 


184  PSALM  CXVL 

3  The  dead  no  more  can  speak  thy  praise  ; 
They  dwell  in  silence  and  the  grave  ; 
But  we  shall  live  to  sing  thy  grace, 
And  tell  the  world  thy  powei  to  save. 

PSALM  116.     First  Part.  C.  M. 
Recovery  from  sickness. 

1  I"  LOVE  tfie  Lord  ;  he  heard  my  cries, 
-»-  And  pitied  every  groan  : 

Long  as  I  live,  when  troubles  rise, 
I'll  hasten  to  his  throne. 

2  I  love  the  Lord ;  he  bow'd  his  ear, 

And  chas'd  my  griefs  away ; 
O  let  my  heart  no  more  despair, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray. 

3  My  flesh  declin'd,  my  spirits  fell, 

And  I  drew  near  the  dead  ; 
While  inward  pangs,  and  fears  of  hell 
Perplex'd  my  wakeful  head. 

4  "  My  God,"  I  cried,  "  thy  servant  save, 

"  Thou  ever  good  and  just ; 
*  Thy  power  can  rescue  from  the  grave, 
"  Thy  power  is  all  my  trust." 

5  The  Lord  beheld  me  sore  distrest, 

He  bade  my  pains  remove  ; 
Return,  my  soul,  to  God,  thy  rest, 
For  thou  hast  known  his  love. 

6  My  God  hath  sav'd  my  soul  from  death, 

And  dried  my  falling  tears ; 
Now  to  his  praise  I'll  spend  my  breath, 
And  my  remaining  years. 
PSALM   116.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Public  thanks  for  private  deliverance. 

I   Vlf HAT  shall  I  render  to  my  God, 
▼  ▼     For  all  his  kindness  shown? 
My  feet  shall  visit  thine  abode, 
.      'My  songs  address  thy  throne, 


PSALM  CXVIII.  ia& 

2  Among  the  saints  that  fill  thine  house, 

My  offerings  shall  be  paid  ; 
There  shall  my  zeal  perform  the  vows, 
My  soul  in  anguish  made. 

3  How  much  is  mercy  thy  delight, 

Thou  ever  blessed  God  ! 
How  dear  thy  servants  in  thy  sight  I 
How  precious  is  their  blood  ! 

4  How  happy  all  thy  servants  are ! 

How  great  thy  grace  to  me  ! 
My  life,  which  thou  hast  made  thy  carej. 
Lord,  I  devote  to  thee. 

5  Now  I  am  thine,  forever  thine, 

Nor  shall  my  purpose  move  ; 
Thy  hand  hath  loos'd  my  bonds  of  pain, 
Ar  1  bound  me  with  thy  love. 

6  Hero  m  thy  courts  I  leave  my  vow, 

And  thy  rich  grace  record : 
"Witness,  ye  saints  who  hear  me  nowv 
If  1  forsake  the  Lord. 

PSALM  1 17.    L.  M. 

Praise  to  God  from  nil  nations. 

1  "K1ROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies 
JF     Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise : 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue, 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord  ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word  ; 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore*, 
'Till  sun's  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 

PSALM  118.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Deliverance  from  a  tumult. 

1   npHE  Lord  appears  my  helper  now? 
-*-    Nor  is  my  faith  afraid  ; 
Whate'er  the  sons  of  earth  may  dor 
Since  heav'n  affords  its  ai<J* 

16*    . 


186  FSALM  CXVIIJ. 

2  Tis  safer,  Lord,  to  hope  irT  thee, 

And  have  my  God  my  friend, 
Than  trust  in  men  of  high  degree, 
And  on  their  truth  depend. 

3  'Tis  thro'  the  Lord  my  heart  is  strong, 

In  him  my  lips  rejoice  ; 
While  his  salvation  is  my  song, 
How  cheerful  is  my  voice  ; 

4  Like  angry  bees,  they  girt  me  round  ; 

When  God  appears,  they  fly : 
So  burning  thorns  with  crackling  sound, 
Make  a  fierce  blaze,  and  die. 

5  Joy  to  the  saints,  and  peace  belongs; 

The  Lord  protects  their  days : 
Let  Israel  tune  immortal  songs 
To  his  almighty  grace. 

PSALM   118.     Second  Part.     CM. 
Public  praise  for  deliverance  from  death. 

1  'I"  ORD,  thou  hast  heard  thy  servant  cry, 
L*  And  rescu'd  from  the  grave  ; 

Now  shall  he  live  ;  for  none  can  die, 
If  God  resolve  to  save. 

2  Thy  praise  more  constant  than  before, 

Shall  fill  his  daily  breath; 
Thy  hand  that  hath  chastis'd  him  sore, 
Defends  him  still  from  death. 

3  Open  the  gates  of  Zion  now, 

For  we  shall  worship  there ; 
The  house  where  all  the  righteous  go, 
Thy  mercy  to  declare. 

4  Among  th'  assemblies  of  thy  saints 

Our  thankful  voice  we  raise  ; 
There  we  have  told  thee  our  complaints, 
And  there  we  speak  thy  praise. 

PSALM  118.     Third  Part.    C.  M. 
Christ  the  foundation  of  his  church. 

1   "OEHOLD  the  sure  foundation  Stone 
M3  Which  God  in  Zion  lays, 


X     kJjCXJ-JlTJ.       VV^X    T     II*. 


To  build  our  heavenly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praise. 

2  Chosen  of  God,  to  sinners  dear, 

How  glorious  is  thy  name  ! 
Saints  trust  their  whole  salvation  here,. 
Nor  shall  they  suffer  shame. 

3  The  foolish  builders,  scribe  and  priest, 

Reject  it  with  disdain  : 
Yet  on  this  rock  the  church  shall  rest, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 

4  What  though  the  gates  of  hell  withstood^ 

Yet  must  this  building  rise ; 
'Tis  thy  own  work,  Almighty  God, 
And  wondrous  in  our  eyes. 

PSALM   118.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
The  resurrection  of  Christ,  and  our  salvation. 

t    rjlHlS  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made, 
-*-    He  calls  the  hours  his  own ; 
Let  heaven  rejoice,  let  earth  be  glad, 
And  praise  surround  the  throne. 
<2  To-day  he  rose,  and  left  the  dead ; 
And  Satan's  empire  fell ; 
To-day  the  saints  his  triumph  spread, 
And  all  his  wonders  tell. 

3  Hosanna  to  th'  anointed  King, 

To  David's  holy  Son; 
Help  us,  O  Lord,  descend  and  bring 
Salvation  from  thy  throne. 

4  Blest  be  the  Lord  who  comes  to  men 

With  messages  of  grace  ; 
Who  comes  in  God  his  Father's  name, 

To  save  our  sinful  race. 
3  Hosanna  in  the  highest  strains 

The  church  on  earth  can  raise  ; 
The  highest  heavens  in  which  he  reigns, 

Shall  give  him  nobler  praise. 


188  PSALM  CXIX. 

PSALM  118.     Fifth  Part.     S.  M,- 
Hosannafor  the  Lord's  day, 

1    £JJEE  what  a  living  Stone 

►^  The  builders  did  refuse  ! 
Yet  God  hath  built  his  church  thereon 
In  spite  of  envious  Jews. 

2  The  scribe  and  angry  priest 
Reject  thine  only  Son  ; 

Yet  on  this  rock  shall  Zion  rest, 
As  the  chief  Corner  Stone. 

3  The  work,  O  Lord,  is  thine, 
And  wondrous  in  our  eyes ; 

This  day  declares  it  all  divine. 
This  day  did  Jesus  rise. 

4  This  is  the  glorious  day, 
That  our  Redeemer  made ; 

Let  us  rejoice,  and  sing  and  pray  ; 
Let  all  the  church  be  glad. 

5  Hosanna  to  the  King 
Of  David's  royal  blood ; 

Bless  him,  ye  saints;  he  comes  to  bring 
SaJvation  from  your  God. 

6  We  bless  thy  holy  word, 
Which  all  this  grace  displays ; 

And  offer  on  thine  altar,  Lord, 
Our  sacrifice  of  praise. 

PSALM  119.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
The  blessedness  of  saints  and  misery  of  sinners. 

1  "OLEST  are  the  undefil'd  in  heart, 
m3  Whose  ways  are  right  and  clean; 
Who  never  from  thy  law  depart, 

But  fly  from  ev'ry  sin. 

2  Blest  are  the  men  that  keep  thy  word, 

And  practice  thy  commands ; 
With  their  whole  heart  they  seek  the  Lord? 
And  serve  thee  with  their  hands. 


PSALM  CX1X.  189 

Great  is  their  peace  who  love  thy  law, 

How  firm  their  souls  abide  ? 
Nor  can  a  bold  temptation  draw 

Their  steady  feet  aside. 
Then  shall  my  heart  have  inward  joy, 

And  keep  my  face  from  shame, 
When  all  thy  statutes  I  obey, 

And  honour  all  thy  name. 

But  haughty  sinners  God  will  hate  ; 

The  proud  shall  die  accurst; 
The  sons  of  falsehood  and  deceit 

Are  trodden  to  the  dust. 
Vile  as  the  dross  the  wicked  are  ; 

And  those  that  leave  thy  ways 
Shall  see  salvation  from  afar, 

But  never  taste  thy  grace. 

PSALM  119.     Second  Part.     CM. 
Spiritual-mindedness. 

TO  thee,  before  the  dawning  light, 
My  gracious  God,  I  pray  ; 
1  meditate  thy  name  by  night, 
And  keep  thy  law  by  day. 

My  spirit  faints  to  see  thy  grace, 

Thy  promise  bears  me  up ; 
And,  while  salvation  long  delays, 

Thy  word  supports  my  hope. 

Seven  times  a  day  1  lift  my  hands, 

And  pay  my  thanks  to  thee : 
Thy  righteous  providence  demands 

Repeated  praise  from  me. 
When  midnight  darkness  veils  the  skies, 

I  call  thy  works  to  mind ; 
My  thoughts  in  warm  devotion  rise, 

And  sweet  acceptance  find. 

PSALM   119.      Third  Part.     CM. 
Repentance  and  obedience, 

npHOU  art  my  portion,  O  my  God  ; 
**-    Soon  as  I  know7  thy  way, 


190  PSALM  CXIX. 

My  heart  makes  haste  t'  obey  thy  word,    , 
And  suffers  no  delay. 

2  I  choose  the  path  of  heavenly  truth, 

And  glory  in  my  choice  : 
Not  all  the  riches  of  the  earth 
Could  make  me  so  rejoice. 

3  The  testimonies  of  thy  grace, 

I  set  before  mine  eyes  ; 
Thence  I  derive  my  daily  strength, 
And  there  my  comfort  lies. 

4  If  once  I  wander  from  thy  path, 

I  think  upon  my  ways ; 
Then  turn  my  feet  to  thy  commands, 
And  trust  thy  pard'ning  grace. 

5  Now  I  am  thine,  forever  thine, 

O  save  thy  servant,  Lord ! 
Thou  art  my  shield,  my  hiding-place, 
My  hope  is  in  thy  word. 

6  Thou  hast  inclin'd  this  heart  of  mine, 

Thy  statutes  to  fulfil : 
And  thus,  'till  mortal  life  shall  end, 
Would  I  perform  thy  will. 

PSALM   119.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Instruction  from  scripture. 

1  TTOW  shall  the  young  secure  their  hearty 
•■"■-  And  guard  their  lives  from  sin  ? 

Thy  word  the  choicest  rules  imparts 
To  keep  the  conscience  clean. 

2  When  once  it  enters  to  the  mind, 

It  spreads  such  light  abroad, 
The  meanest  souls  instruction  find, 
And  raise  their  thoughts  to  God. 

3  Tis  like  the  sun,  a  heavenly  light 

That  guides  us  all  the  day ; 
And  through  the  dangers  of  the  night, 
A  lamp  to  lead  our  way. 


PSALM  CXIX.  191 

4  The  men  that  keep  thy  law  with  care, 

And  meditate  thy  word, 
Grow  wiser  than  their  teachers  are, 
And  better  know  the  Lord. 

5  Thy  precepts  make  me  truly  wise  ; 

I  hate  the  sinner's  road; 
I  hate  my  own  vain  thoughts  that  rise ; 
But  love  thy  law,  my  God. 

6  The  starry  heavens  thy  rule  obey ; 

The  earth  maintains  her  place ; 
And  these  thy  servants  night  and  day 
Thy  skill  and  power  express. 

7  But  still  thy  law  and  gospel,  Lord, 

Have  lessons  more  divine ; 
Nor  earth  stands  firmer  than  thy  word, 
Nor  stars  so  nobly  shine. 

8  Thy  word  is  everlasting  truth ; 

How  pure  is  every  page  ! 
That  holy  book  shall  guide  our  youth, 
Arfd  well  support  our  age. 

PSALM  119.     Fifth  Part.     C:  M. 
Delight  in  scripture. 

1  (\  HOW  ]  love  thy  holy  law ! 
^J  'Tis  daily  my  delight : 

And  thence  my  meditations  draw 
Divine  advice  by  night. 

2  My  waking  eyes  prevent  the  day 

To  meditate  thy  word : 
My  soul  with  longing  melts  away 
To  hear  thy  gospel,  Lord. 

3  How  doth  thy  word  my  heart  engage ! 

How  well  employ  my  tongue ! 
And  in  my  tiresome  pilgrimage, 
Yields  me  a  heavenly  song. 

4  Am  1  a  stranger,  or  at  home, 

'Tis  my  perpetual  feast ; 


192  PSALM   CXIX. 

Not  honey,  dropping  from  the  comb, 
So  much  allures  the  taste. 

5  No  treasures  so  enrich  the  mind  ; 

Nor  shall  thy  word  be  sold 
For  loads  of  silver  well  refin'd, 
Nor  heaps  of  choicest  gold. 

6  When  nature  sinks,  and  spirits  droop, 

Thy  promises  of  grace 
Are  pillars  to  support  my  hope, 
And  there  I  write  thy  praise. 

PSALM  119.     Sixth  Part.     CM. 
Holiness  and  comfort  from  the  Word. 

1  T  ORD,  I  esteem  thy  judgments  right, 
-■-^  And  all  thy  statutes  just  ; 
Thence  I  maintain  a  constant  fight 

With  every  flattering  lust. 

2  Thy  precepts  often  I  survey  ; 

I  keep  thy  laws  in  sight, 
Through  all  the  business  of  the  day,. 
To  form  my  actions  right. 

3  My  heart  in  midnight  silence  cries, 

"  How  sweet  thy  comforts  be  !" 

My  thoughts  in  holy  wonder  rise, 

And  bring  their  thanks  to  thee. 

4  And  when  my  spirit  drinks  her  fill, 

At  some  good  work  of  thine  ; 
Not  mighty  men  that  share  the  spoil, 
Have  joys  compar'd  to  mine. 

PSALM   119.  Seventh  Part.     C.  M. 
Imperfection  of  nature,  and  perfection  of  scripture, 

1  "  ET  all  the  heathen  writers  join, 
-■-^  To  form  one  perfect  book  ; 
Great  God,  if  once  compar'd  with  thine, 

How  mean  their  writings  look  ! 

2  Not  the  most  perfect  rules  they  gave   . 

Could  show  one  sin  forgiv'n ; 


PSALM  CXIX.  193 

Nor  lead  a  step  beyond  the  grave  ; 

But  thine  conduct  to  heaven. 
I've  seen  an  end  of  what  we  call 

Perfection  here  below  ; 
How  short  the  powers  of  nature  fall! 

And  can  no  farther  go. 

Yet  men  would  fain  be  just  with  God, 

By  works  their  hands  have  wrought  ; 
But  thy  commands  exceeding  broad, 

Extend  to  every  thought. 
In  vain  we  boast  perfection  here, 

While  sin  defiles  our  frame  ; 
And  sinks  our  virtues  down  so  far, 

They  scarce  deserve  the  name. 
Our  faith  and  love,  and  ev'ry  grace, 

Fall  far  below  thy  word  ; 
But  perfect  truth  and  righteousness 

Dwell  only  with  the  Lord. 

PSALM  119.     Eighth  Part.     C.  M. 

The  excellency  and  variety  of  scripture. 

LORD,  I  have  made  thy  word  my  choice. 
My  lasting  heritage  : 
There  shall  my  noblest  powers  rejoice, 

My  warmest  thoughts  engage. 
I'll  read  the  histories  of  thy  love 

And  keep  thy  laws  in  sight 
While  through  thy  promises  I  rove, 

With  ever  fresh  delight. 
'Tis  a  broad  land  of  wealth  unknown, 

Where  springs  of  life  arise  ; 
Seeds  of  immortal  bliss  are  sown, 

And  hidden  glory  lies  ; 
The  best  relief  that  mourners  have, 

It  makes  our  sorrows  blest ; 
Our  fairest  hope  beyond  the  grave, 

And  our  eternal  rest. 
17 


194  PSALM  CX1X. 

PSALM  119.     Ninth  Part.     CM. 
The  teaching  of  the  Spirit  with  the  Word. 

1  FT1HY  mercies  fill  the  earth,  O  Lord, 
A    How  good  thy  works  appear  ! 

Open  mine  eyes  to  read  thy  word, 
And  see  thy  wonders  there. 

2  My  heart  was  fashion'd  by  thy  hand, 

My  service  is  thy  due  : 
O  make  thy  servant  understand 
The  duties  he  must  do  ! 

3  Since  I'm  a  stranger  here  below, 

Let  not  thy  path  be  hid  ; 
But  mark  the  road  my  feet  should  go 
And  be  my  constant  guide. 

4  When  I  confess'd  my  wandering  ways, 

Thou  heard'st  my  soul  complain ; 
Grant  me  the  teachings  of  thy  grace, 
Or  I  shall  stray  again. 

5  If  God  to  me  his  statutes  shew, 

And  heavenly  truth  impart, 
His  work  forever  I'll  pursue, 
His  law  shall  rule  my  heart. 

6  This  was  my  comfort  when  I  bore 

Variety  of  grief; 
It  made  me  learn  thy  word  the  more, 
And  fly  to  that  relief. 

7  In  vain  the  proud  deride  me  now  : 

I'll  ne'er  forget  thy  law, 
Nor  let  that  blessed  gospel  go, 
Whence  all  my  hopes  I  draw. 

8  When  1  have  learn'd  my  Father's  will, 

I'll  teach  the  world  his  ways  ; 

My  thankful  lips  inspk'd  with  zeal, 

Shall  loud  pronounce  his  praise. 

PSALM   119.     Tenth  Part.     C.  M. 
Pleading  the  promises. 

I  T1EHOLD  thy  waiting  servant,  Lord, 
■«-*  Devoted  to  thy  fear  ; 


PSALM  CXIX.  19S 

Remember  and  confirm  thy  word, 
For  all  my  hopes  are  there. 

2  Hast  thou  not  writ  salvation  down, 

And  promis'd  quickening  grace  ? 
Doth  not  my  heart  address  thy  throne  ? 
And  yet  thy  love  delays. 

3  Mine  eyes  for  thy  salvation  fail  ; 

O  bear  thy  servant  up  ! 
Nor  let  the  scoffing  lips  prevail, 
Who  dare  approach  my  hope. 

4  Didst  thou  not  raise  my  faith,  O  Lord  ! 

Then  let  thy  truth  appear ; 
Saints  shall  rejoice  in  my  reward, 
And  trust  as  well  as  fear. 

PSALM  119.     Eleventh  Part.     C.  M. 
Breathing  after  holiness. 

1  f\  THAT  the  Lord  would  guide  my  ways 
*J  To  keep  his  statutes  still : 

O  that  my  God  would  grant  me  grace 
To  know  and  do  his  will. 

2  O  send  thy  Spirit  down  to  write 

Thy  law  upon  my  heart  ! 
Nor  let  my  tongue  indulge  deceit, 
Nor  act  the  liar's  part. 

3  From  vanity  turn  off  my  eyes  ; 

Let  no  corrupt  design, 
Nor  covetous  desires  arise, 
Within  this  soul  of  mine. 

4  Order  my  footsteps  by  thy  word, 

And  make  my  heart  sincere  ; 
Let  sin  have  no  dominion,  Lord, 
But  keep  my  conscience  clear. 

5  My  soul  hath  gone  too  far  astray, 

My  feet  too  often  slip ; 
Yet  since  Pve  not  forgot  thy  way, 
Restore  thy  wandering  sheep. 


J96  PSALM  CX1X. 

6  Make  me  to  walk  in  thy  commands, 
'Tis  a  delightful  road  ; 
Nor  let  my  head,  or  heart,  or  hands, 
Offend  against  my  God. 

PSALM   119.      Twelfth  Part.    C.   M. 
Breathing  after  comfort  and  deliverance. 

1  TkM  Y  God,  consider  my  distress, 
l?Jl  Let  mercy  plead  my  cause : 
Though  I  have  sinn'd  against  thy  grace, 

I  can't  forget  thy  laws. 

2  Forbid,  forbid  the  sharp  reproach, 

Which  1  so  justly  fear; 
Uphold  my  life,  uphold  my  hopes, 
Nor  let  my  shame  appear. 

3  Be  thou  a  surety,  Lord,  for  me, 

y  Nor  let  the  proud  oppress : 
But  make  thy  waiting  servant  see 
The  shinings  of  thy  face. 

4  Mine  eyes  with  expectation  fail, 

My  heart  within  me  cries, 
"  When  will  the  Lord  his  truth  fulfil, 
c(  And  make  my  comforts  rise  ?" 

5  Look  down  upon  my  sorrows,  Lord, 

And  shew  thy  grace  the  same, 
As  thou  art  ever  wont  t'  afford 
To  those  that  love  thy  name. 
PSALM   119.     Thirteenth  Part.     CM. 
Holy  fear  and  tenderness  of  conscience. 

1  ^nC/TITH  my  whole  heart  I've  sought  thy 

I  ▼     O  let  me  never  stray  [face, 

From  thy  commands,  O  God  of  grace, 
Nor  tread  the  sinner's  way. 

2  Thy  word  I've  hid  within  my  heart 

To  keep  my  conscience  clean, 
And  be  an  everlasting  guard 
From  every  rising  sin, 


PSALM  CXIX.  197 

3  I'm  a  companion  of  the  saints, 

Who  fear  and  love  the  Lord; 
My  sorrows  rise,  my  nature  faints, 
When  men  transgress  thy  word. 

4  While  sinners  do  thy  gospel  wrong, 

My  spirit  stands  in  awe  ; 
My  soul  abhors  a  lying  tongue,. 
But  loves  thy  righteous  law. 

0  My  heart  with  sacred  reverence  hears 

The  threatenings  of  thy  word : 
My  flesh  with  holy  trembling  fears 
The  judgments  of  the  Lord. 

6  My  God,  I  long,  I  hope,  ,1  wait 
For  thy  salvation  still  ; 
While  thy  whole  law  is  my  delight, 
And  I  obey  thy  will. 

PSALM  1 1 9.     Fourteenth  Part.     C.  M. 
Benefit  of  afflictions^  and  support  wider  them., 

1  riONSIDER  all  my  sorrows,  Lord, 
^  And  thy  deliverance  send; 

My  soul  for  thy  salvation  faints  ; 
When  will  my  troubles  end  ? 

2  Yet  I  have  found  'tis  good  for  me 

To  bear  my  Father's  rod  ; 
Afflictions  make  me  learn  thy  law, 
And  live  upon  my  God. 

3  This  is  the  comfort  I  enjoy 

When  new  distress  begins  ; 
I  read  thy  word,  I  run  thy  ways, 
And  hate  my  former  sins, 

4  Had  not  thy  word  been  my  delight,: 

When  earthly  joys  were  fled, 
My  soul,  opprest  with  sorrow's  weight, 
Had  sunk  among  the  dead. 
fir  I  know  thy  judgments,  Lord,  are  right, 
Tho'  they  may  seem  severe  -: 
17* 


198  PSALM  CXIX, 

The  sharpest  suff 'rings,  I  endure, 
Flow  from  thy  faithful  care. 

6  Before  I  knew  thy  chast'ning  rod, 
My  feet  were  apt  to  stray  ; 
But  now  I  learn  to  keep  thy  word, 
Nor  wander  from  thy  way. 

PSALM   119.     Fifteenth  Part.     C.  M. 
Holy  resolutions. 

1  r\  THAT  thy  statutes  ev'ry  hour 
^-^  Might  dwell  upon  my  mind  ! 
Thence  I  derive  a  quick'ning  pow'r, 

And  daily  peace  1  find. 

2  To  meditate  thy  precepts,  Lord, 

Shall  be  my  sweet  employ  ; 
My  soul  shall  ne'er  forget  thy  word  ; 
Thy  word  is  all  my  joy. 

3  How  would  I  run  in  thy  commands, 

Should'skthou  my  heart  discharge 
From  sin,  and  satan's  hateful  chains, 
And  set  my  feet  at  large  ! 

4  My  lips  with  courage  shall  declare 

Thy  statutes  and  thy  name ; 
I'll  speak  thy  word,  though  kings  should  hear, 
Nor  yield  to  sinful  shame.  • 

5  Let  bands  of  persecutors  rise 

To  rob  me  of  my  right ; 
Let  pride  and  malice  forge  their  lies,, 

Thy  law  is  my  delight. 
$  Depart  from  me,  ye  wicked  race, 

Whose  hands  and  hearts  are  ill : 
I  love  my  God,  I  love  his  ways, 

And  must  obey  his  will. 

PSALM   119.     Sixteenth  Part.     CM. 
Prayer  for  quickening  grace, 

1  TL¥Y  soul  lies  cleaving  to  the  dust> 
i"  Lord  give  me  life  divine  : 


PSALM  CX\X.  199 

From  vain  desires  and  every  lust, 
Turn  off  these  eyes  of  mine. 

2  I  need  the  influence  of  thy  grace 

To  speed  me  in  thy  way, 
Lest  I  should  loiter  in  my  race, 
Or  turn  my  feet  astray. 

3  When  sore  afflictions  press  me  down, 

I  need  thy  quick'ning  powers  ; 
Thy  word  that  I  have  rested  on, 
Shall  help  my  heaviest  hours. 

4  Are  not  thy  me:*cies  sovereign  still, 

And  thou  a  faithful  God? 
Wilt  thou  not  grant  me  warmer  zeal 
To  run  the  heavenly  road  ? 

5  Does  not  my  heart  thy  precepts  love3 

And  long  to  see  thy  face  ? 
And  yet  how  slow  my  spirits  move, 
Without  enlivening  grace ! 
8  Then  shall  I  love  thy  gospel  more, 
And  ne'er  forget  thy  word  ; 
When  I  have  felt  its  quick'ning  power, 
To  draw  me  near  the  Lord. 
PSALM   119.     Seventeenth  Part.     L.  M. 
Grace  shining  in  difficulties  and  trials, 

1  "WM^HEN  pain  and  anguish  seize  me,  Lord, 

▼  ▼    All  my  support  is  from  thy  word  : 
My  soul  dissolves  for  heaviness, 
Uphold  me  with  thy  strength'ning  grace. 

2  The  proud  have  fram'd  their  scoffs  and  lies* 
They  watch  my  feet  with  envious  eyes, 
And  tempt  my  soul  to  snares  and  sin, 
Yet  thy  commands  I  ne'er  decline. 

3  They  hate  me,  Lord,  without  a  cause, 
They  hate  to  see  me  love  thy  laws ; 
But  1  will  trust  and  fear  thy  name, 
'Till  pride  and  malice  die  with  shame. 


200  PSALM  CXIX. 

PSALM   119.     Eighteenth  Part,     L.  M. 
Sanctified  afflictions. 

1  TjlATHER,  I  bless  thy  gentle  hand ; 
-F    How  kind  was  thy  chastising  rod,. 
That  forc'd  my  conscience  to  a  stand, 
And  brought  my  wandering  soul  to  God  I. 

2  Foolish  and  vain  I  went  astray, 
Ere  I  had  felt  thy  scourges,  Lord, 
I  left  my  guide,  and  lost  my  way ; 
But  now  I  love  and  keep  thy  word. 

3  'Tis  good  for  me  to  wear  the  yoke, 
For  pride  is  apt  to  rise  and  swell : 
'Tis  good  to  bear  my  father's  stroke, 
That  I  might  learn  his  statutes  well. 

4  The  law,  that  issues  from  thy  mouth, 
Shall  raise  my  cheerful  passions  more, 
Than  ail  the  treasures  of  the  south, 
Or  Western  hills  of  golden  ore. 

5  Thy  hands  have  made  my  mortal  frame^ 
Thy  spirit  form'd  my  soul  within ; 
Teach  me  to  know  thy  wondrous  name, 
And  guard  .me  safe  from  death  and  sin. 

6  Then  all  that  love  and  fear  the  Lord, 
At  my  salvation  shall  rejoice  ; 

For  1  have  hoped  in  thy  word, 
And  made  thy  grace  my  only  choice. 

PSALM   1 1 9.     Nineteenth  Part.     L.  M: 
Fervency  in  prayer. 

I   l^EEP  me  from  fainting  in  my  prayers, 
■■V  When  to  thy  footstool,  Lord,  1  come; 
My  soul  with  God  would  leave  her  cares, 
And  hope  for  mercy  from  the  throne. 

2- Kindle  a  flawe  of  love  and  zeal, 

While  wrestling  for  the  grace  I  need; 
Bring  me  by  faith  within  the  vail, 
And  help  me  ardently  to  plead. 


PSALM  CXIX  201 

3  Known  to  the  Lord  are  all  my  sighs ; 
J  will  not  yield  to  unbelief, 
But  persevere  with  fervent  cries, 
Until  he  hears  and  grants  relief. 

PSALM   119.      Twentieth  Part.     C.  M. 
Resting  upon  the  word. 

I    Th  EMEMBER  all  my  sorrows,  Lord, 
-">  And  do  as  thou  hast  said  ; 
Send  help  according  to  thy  word, 
And  give  the  promis'd  aid. 
*2  Repeated  mercies  in  a  train 
Demand  my  gratitude; 
And  these  my  faith  and  hope  sustain, 
That  more  will  be  bestow'd. 
3  Renew  thy.  work  of  grace,  then,  Lord, 
Nor  let  my  soul  complain, 
That  while  I  rest  upon  thy  word 
My  hopes  are  still  in  vain. 

PSALM  119.      Twenty-first  Part.     L.  M. 
An  appeal  to  the  searcher  of  hearts. 

1  SEARCHER  and  Saviour  of  my  soul, 
^  My  Sun,  my  Shield,  my  sovereign  Judge, 
All  things  are  naked  to  thy  view, 

My  heart,  my  thoughts,  my  words,  my  ways, 

2  Sinners  of  state  with  power  array'd, 
Who  fear  not  God,  nor  man  regard, 
Have  persecuted  without  cause  ; 
But  all  their  hatred  I  defy. 

3  Still  to  thy  word  my  soul  repairs, 
Thence  I  my  highest  comforts  draw ; 
Though  foes  may  fight  and  devils  rage^ 
If  God  be  for  me  all  is  well. 

4  Sustain  me  then  with  promis'd  grace,. 
Revive  my  heart,  increase  my  faith  : 

1  hate  to  lie,  I  love  the  truth ; 
O  make  me  be  what  I  profess. 


202  PSALM  CXIX 

5  Seven  times  a  day  my  prayers  ascend, 
With  mingled  praises  to  the  throne  ; 
'Tis  good  to  seek  my  Father's  face, 
And  plead  in  my  Redeemer's  name. 

6  Strong  peace  have  they  who  love  thy  law  ; 
Firm  on  a  rock  their  hopes  are  built ; 
Their  faith  looks  up  to  nobler  scenes, 
And  nothing  can  detain  them  here. 

7  Seal  to  my  soul  thy  pard'ning  love, 
Let  strength  be  equal  to  my  day; 
Then  will  I  run  with  great  delight, 
And  eager  press  to  seize  the  prize. 

3  Supremely  wise,  and  good,  and  great, 
O  !  search  my  heart,  and  try  my  ways ; 
Thy  word  I  love,  thy  judgments  fear, 
And  tremble,  while  I  pray  and  praise. 

PSALM   119.     Twenty- second  Part.     C.   M. 
I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost  sheep. 

1  fllHE  least,  the  feeblest  of  the  sheep 

A    To  Christ  the  Father  gave  ; 
He  loves  the  flock,  the  charge  he'll  keep ; 
His  arm  is  strong  to  save. 

2  They're  prone  to  wander  out  of  sight, 

And  apt  to  run  astray  ; 
And  when  once  lost,  uuabie  quite 
To  find  again  the  way. 

3  That  hand  which  heaven  and  earth  upholds, 

Can  keep  them  free  from  harms ; 
The  shepherd  brings  them  to  their  folds, 
And  bears  them  in  his  arms. 

4  To  thee,  my  Shepherd  and  my  Rock, 

A  grateful  song  I'll  raise  ; 
O  let  the  meanest  of  the  flock 
Attempt  to  speak  thy  praise. 

5  Thou  art  my  guard ;  my  all  1  owe 

To  thine  amazing  love  ; 


PSALM  CXIX.  203 

My  standing  in  thy  fold  below, 

And  hopes  of  bliss  above. 
Ten  thousand  thousand  comforts  here, 

Dispens'd  in  various  ways, 
Confirm  thy  faithfulness  and  care, 

And  claim  adoring  praise. 
Then,  guided,  Shepherd  by  thy  love 

My  feet  shall  keep  thy  way ; 
Soon  shall  I  reach  thy  fold  above, 

And  go  no  more  astray. 

PSALM  120.    C.  M. 

Christians  love  peace. 

THOU  God  of  love,  thou  ever  blest, 
Pity  my  suffering  state  ; 
When  wilt  thou  set  my  soul  at  rest 

From  lips  that  love  deceit  ? 
Hard  lot  of  mine  !  my  days  are  cast 

Among  the  sons  of  strife, 
Whose  never-ceasing  brawlings  waste 

My  golden  hours  of  life. 
O,  might  I  fly  to  change  my  place, 

How  would  I  choose  to  dwell 
In  some  wide,  lonesome  wilderness, 

And  leave  these  gates  of  hell ! 
Peace  is  the  blessing  that  1  seek  ; 

How  lovely  are  its  charms  ! 
I  am  for  peace,  but  when  I  speak, 

They  all  declare  for  arms. 
New  passions  still  their  souls  engage? 

And  keep  their  malice  strong  ; 
What  shall  be  done  to  curb  thy  rage, 

O  thou  devouring  tongue  ? 
Should  burning  arrows  smite  thee  through, 

Strict  justice  would  approve  ; 
But  I  would  rather  spare  my  foe, 

And  melt  his  heart  with  love. 


204  PSALM  CXiX 

PSALM   121.     First  Part.     CM. 
Divine  protection, 

1  npO  Zion's  hil!  I  lift  my  eyes, 
-*-    From  thence  expecting  aid ; 

From  Zion's  hill,  and  Zion's  God, 
Who  heaven  and  earth  has  made. 

2  Thou,  then,  my  soul,  in  safety  rest, 

Thy  guardian  will  not  sleep  ; 
His  watchful  care  that  Israel  guards, 
Will  thee  in  safety  keep. 

3  Shelter'd  beneath  th' Almighty's  wings, 

Thou  shait  securely  rest ; 
Where  neither  sun  nor  moon  shall  thee 
By  day  or  night  molest. 

1  At  home,  abroad,  in  peace,  in  war 
Thy  God  shall  thee  defend  ; 
Conduct  thee  through  life's  pilgrimage 
^afe  to  thy  journey's  end. 

PSALM   121.     Second  Part.     P.  M. 
Preservation  by  day  and  night. 

1  TTPWARD  I  lift  mine  eyes'; 
\>    From  God  is  all  my  aid  ; 
The  God  that  built  the  skies, 
And  earth  and  nature  made  ; 

God  is  the  power, 
To  which  I  fly ; 
His  grace  is  nigh 
In  every  hour. 

2  My  feet  shall  never  slide, 
And  fall  in  fatal  snares  ; 

Since  God,  my  guard  and  guide, 
Defends  me  from  my  fears. 

Those  wakeful  eyes, 

That  never  sleep, 

Shall  Israel  keep 

When  dangers  rise. 


PSALM  CXXII.  205 

3  No  burning  heats  by  day, 
Nor  blasts  of  evening  air, 
Shall  take  my  health  away, 
If  God  be  with  me  there  : 

Thou  art  my  sun, 
And  thou  my  shade, 
To  guard  my  head 
By  night  or  moon. 

4  Hast  thou  not  given  thy  word 
To  save  my  soul  from  death? 
And  I  can  trust  my  Lord, 

To  keep  my  mortal  breath. 
I'll  go  and  come. 
Nor  fear  to  die, 
'Till  from  on  high 
Thou  call  me  home. 

PSALM  122:     C.  M. 

Going  to  Church, 

1  ¥10  W  did  my  heart  rejoice  to  hear 
•H  My  friends  devoutly  say, 

"  In  Zion  let  us  all  appear, 
"  And  keep  the  solemn  day  !" 

2  I  love  her  gates,  I  love  the  road  : 

The  church  adorn'd  with  grace 
Stands  like  a  palace  built  for  God? 
To  show  his  milder  face. 

3  Up  to  her  courts  with  joys  unknown 

The  holy  tribes  repair ; 
The  son  of  David  holds  his  throne, 
And  sits  in  judgment  there. 

4  He  hears  our  praises  and  complaints  ; 

And  while  his  awful  voice 
Divides  the  sinners  from  the  saints, 
We  tremble  and  rejoice. 

5  Peace  be  within  this  sacred  place, 

And  joy  a  constant  guest  ; 
18 


206  PSALM  CXXIV. 

With  holy  gifts  and  heavenly  grace 
Be  her  attendants  blest. 
6  My  soul  shall  pray  for  Zion  still, 
While  life  or  breath  remains  ; 
There  my  best  friends,  my  kindred  dwell  ; 
There  God,  my  Saviour  reigns. 

PSALM  123.     C.  M. 

Pleading  with  submission. 

1  f\  THOU,  whose  grace  and  justice  reign 
^*  Enthron'd  above  the  skies ; 

To  thee  our  hearts  would  tell  their  pain, 
To  thee  we  lift  our  eyes. 

2  As  servants  watch  their  master's  hand, 

And  fear  the  angry  stroke  ; 
Or  maids  before  their  mistress  stand, 
And  wait  a  peaceful  look. 

3  So  for  our  sins  we  justly  feel 

Thy  discipline,  O  God  ; 
Ye  wait  the  gracious  moment  still, 
'Till  thou  remove  thy  rod. 

4  Those  that  in  wealth  and  pleasure  live, 

Our  daily  groans  deride  ; 
And  thy  delays  of  mercy  give 
Fresh  courage  to  their  pride. 

5  Our  foes  insult  us,  but  our  hope 

In  thy  compassion  lies  ; 
This  thought  shall  bear  our  spirits  up, 
That  God  will  not  despise. 

PSALM  124.    L.  M. 

Thanksgiving  for  deliverance  from  national  calamities. 

1  ¥¥AD  not  the  Lord,  may  Israel  say, 

-H  Had  not  the  Lord  maintain'd  our  side 
When  men,  to  make  our  lives  a  prey, 
Rose  like  the  swelling  of  the  tide. 

2  The  swelling  tide  had  stoptour  breath, 
So  fiercely  did  the  waters  roll  ; 


PSALM  CXXV.  207 

We  had  been  swallow'd  deep  in  death  ; 
Proud  waters  had  o'erwhelm'd  our  soul 

3  We  leap  for  joy,  we  shout  and  sing, 
Who  just  escap'd  the  fatal  stroke  ; 
So  flies  the  bird  with  cheerful  wing, 
When  once  the  fowler's  snare  is  broke. 

4  For  ever  blessed  be  the  Lord, 

Who  broke  the  fowler's  cursed  snare  ; 
Who  sav'd  us  from  the  murdering  sword 
And  made  our  lives  and  souls  his  care. 

5  Our  help  is  in  Jehovah's  name, 
Whoform'd  the  earth,  and  built  the  skies 
He,  that  upholds  that  wondrous  frame, 
Guards  his  own  church  with  watchful  eyes, 

PSALM  125.     S.  M. 

The  trials  and  safety  of  believers, 

1  Tj^IRM  and  unmov'd  are  they 
X!    That  rest  their  souls  on  God  ; 

Fix'd  as  the  mount  where  David  dwelt* 
Or  where  the  ark  abode. 

2  As  mountains  stood  to  guard 
The  city's  sacred  ground, 

So  God  and  his  almighty  love 
Embrace  his  saints  around 

3  What  though  the  Father's  rod 
Drop  a  chastising  stroke, 

Yet,  lest  it  wound  their  souls  too  deep, 
Its  fury  shall  be  brake. 

4  Deal  gently,  Lord,  with  those 
Whose  faith  and  pious  fear, 

»  Whose  hope  and  love,  and  every  grace* 
Proclaim  their  hearts  sincere. 

5  Nor  shall  the  tyrants  rage 
Too  long  oppress  the  saint ; 

The  God  of  Israel  will  support 
His  children*  lest  they  faiat 


208  PSALM  CXJ£VI. 

6  But  if  our  slavish  fear 

Will  choose  the  road  to  hell, 
We  must  receive  our  portion  there, 
Where  bolder  sinners  dwell. 

PSALM   126.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
Praise  for  surprising  deliverance  to  the  nation. 

i   \ftTHEN  God  restor'd  our  captive  state, 
*  »  Joy  was  our  song,  and  grace  our  theme ; 
A  grace  beyond  our  hopes  so  great, 
That  joy  appear'd  a  painted  dream. 

2  The  scoffer  owns  thy  hand,  and  pays 
Unwilling  honours  to  thy  name  ; 
While  we  with  pleasure  shout  thy  praise, 
With  cheerful  notes  thy  love  proclaim. 

3  When  we  review'd  our  dismal  fears, 
'Twas  hard  to  think  they'd  vanish  so  ; 
With  God  we  left  our  flowing  tears, 
He  makes  our  joys  like  rivers  flow. 

PSALM   126.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  joy  of  conversion. 

1  ^LM^HEN  God  reveal'd  his  gracious  name, 

▼  T     And  chang'd  my  mournful  state, 
My  rapture  seem'd  a  pleasant  dream, 
The  grace  appear'd  so  great. 

2  The  world  beheld  the  glorious  change, 

And  did  thy  hand  confess ; 
My  tongue  broke  out  in  unknown  strains, 
And  sung  surprising  grace. 

3  "  Great  is  the  work,"  my  neighbours  cried, 

And  ownM  thy  power  divine  ; 
"  Great  is  the  work,"  my  heart  replied, 
And  be  the  glory  thine." 

4  The  Lord  can  clear  the  darkest  skies, 

Can  give  us  day  for  night ; 
Make  drops  of  sacred  sorrow  rise 
To  rivers  of  delight. 


PSALM  CXXVI1I.  209 

5  Let  those  that  sow  in  sadness  wait 

'Till  the  fair  harvest  come  ; 
They  shall  confess  their  sheaves  are  great, 
And  shout  the  blessings  home. 

6  Though  seed  lie  buried  long  in  dust,. 

It  shan't  deceive  their  hope  ; 
The  precious  grain  can  ne'er  be  lost, 
For  grace  insures  the  crop. 

PSALM  127.    L.M. 

The  blessing  of  God  on  the  cares  and  comforts  oflife^ 

1  ¥F  God  succeed  not,  all  the  cost 

■■-  And  pains  to  build  the  house  are  lost ;_ 

If  God  the  city  will  not  keep, 

The  watchful  guards  as  well  may  sleep, 

2  What  though  you  rise  before  the  sun, 
And  work  and  toil  when  day  is  done  ; 
Careful  and  sparing  eat  youi  bread, 
To  shun  that  poverty  you  dread  ; 

3  'Tis  all  in  vain,  'till  God  hath  blest  ; 
He  can  make  rich,  yet  give  us  rest ; 
Children  and  friends  are  blessings  too^ 
If  God,  our  sovereign,  make  them  so. 

4  Happy  the  man  fo)  whom  he  sends 
Obedient  children,  faithful  friends  : 
How  sweet  our  daily  comforts  prove* 
When  they  are  season'd  with  his  loveo 

PSALM  128.     CM. 

A  christian  blessed  in  kis  family, 

1  fk  HAPPY  man,  whose  soul  is  fflM 
*J  With  faith  and  reverend  awe  ; 
Whose  lips  to  God  their  honours  yields 

Whose  life  adorns  the  law. 

2  A  careful  Providence  shall  standi 

And  ever  ^uard  thy  head ; 
And  on  the  labours  of  thy  hand 
Its  kindly  blessings  shed. 


210  PSALM  CXXIAr. 

3  Thy  wife  shall  be  a  fruitful  vine  ; 

Thy  children  round  thy  board, 
Each  like  a  plant  of  honour  shine, 
And  learn  to  fear  the  Lord. 

4  The  Lord  shall  thy  best  hopes  fulfil, 

For  months  and  years  to  come ; 
The  Lord,  who  dwells  on  Zion's  hill, 
Shall  send  the  blessings  home. 

5  This  is  the  man,  whose  happy  eyes 

Shall  see  his  house  increase ; 
Shall  see  the  sinking  church  arise, 
And  leave  the  world  in  peace; 
PSALM  129.    C.  M. 

Persecutors  punished. 

~1  '  f  TP  from  my  youth,  may  Israel  say, 
tJ    Have  1  been  nurs'd  in  tears ; 
My  griefs  were  constant  as  the  day, 
And  tedious  as  the  years. 

2  Up  from  my  youth  I  bore  the  rage 

Of  all  the  sons  of  strife ; 
Oft  they  assaiFd  my  riper  age, 
But  not  destroy'd  my  life. 

3  Their  cruel  plough  had  torn  my  flesh 

With  furrows  long  and  deep  ; 
Hourly  they  vex'd  my  wounds  afresh* 
Nor  let  my  sorrows  sleep. 

4  How  was  their  insolence  surpris'd, 

To  hear  his  thunders  roll ! 
And  all  the  foes  of  Zion  seiz'd 
With  horror  to  the  soul. 

5  Thus  shall  the  men  that  hate  the  saints, 

Be  blasted  from  the  sky ; 
Their  glory  fades,  their  courage  faints, 
And  all  their  projects  die. 

6  What  though  they  flourish  tall  and  fair* 

They  have  no  root  beneath ; 


PSALM  CXJX  211 

Tiieir  growth  shall  perish  in  despair, 
And  lie  despised  in  death. 

7  So  corn  that  on  the  house-top  stands, 

No  hope  of  harvest  gives ; 
The  reaper  ne'er  shall  fill  his  hands. 
Nor  binder  fold  the  sheaves : 

8  It  springs  and  withers  on  the  place  ; 

No  traveller  bestows 
A  word  of  blessing  on  the  grass, 
Nor  minds  it  as  he  goes. 

PSALM  1 30.     C.  M. 

Pardoning  grace, 

1  f\  CT  of  the  depths  of  long  distress* 
^-^  The  borders  of  despair, 

1  sent  my  cries  to  seek  thy  grace, 
My  groans  to  move  thine  ear. 

2  Great  God  should  thy  severer  eye, 

And  thine  impartial  hand, 
Mark  and  revenge  iniquity, 
No  mortal  flesh  could  stand. 

3  But  there  are  pardons  with  my  God 

For  crimes  of  high  degree  ; 
Thy  son  has  bought  them  with  his  blood. 
To  draw  us  near  to  thee. 

4  I  wait  for  thy  salvation,  Lord, 

With  strong  desires  I  wait; 
My  soul  invited  by  thy  word, 
Stands  watching  at  thy  gate, 

j-  Just  as  the  guards  that  keep  the  night 
Long  for  the  morning  skies ; 
Watch  the  first  beams  of  breaking  light, 
And  meet  them  with  their  eyes ; 
6  So  waits  my  soul  to  see  thy  grace, 
And,  more  intent  than  they, 
Meets  the  first  openings  of  thy  face, 
And  finds  a  brighter  day. 


212  PSALM  CXXXII. 

7  Then  in  the  Lord  let  Israel  trust; 

Let  Israel  seek  his  face ; 
The  Lord  is  good  as  well  as  just, 
And  plenteous  in  his  grace. 

8  There's  full  redemption  at  his  throne 

For  sinners  long  enslav'd ; 
The  great  Redeemer  is  his  Son ; 
And  Israel  shall  be  sav'd. 

PSALM  131.    CM. 

Humility  and  submission. 

1  ¥S  there  ambition  in  my  heart  ?.' 
•■-  Search,  gracious  God,  and  see  ; 
Or  do  I  act  a  haughty  part  ? 

Lord,  I  appeal  to  thee. 

2  I  charge  my  thoughts,  be  humble  still, 

And  all  my  carriage  mild; 
Content,  my  Father,  with  thy  will, 
And  quiet  as  a  child. 

3  The  patient  soul,  the  lowly  mind 

Shall  have  a  large  reward : 
Let  saints  in  sorrow  lie  resign'd, 
And  trust  a  faithful  Lord. 

PSALM   132.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Jit  the  ordination  of  a  minister. 

1  "Wl/UERE  shall  we  go,  to  seek  and  find 

▼  ▼  A  habitation  for  our  God  ; 
A  dwelling  for  the  eternal  Mind, 
Among  the  sons  of  flesh  and  blood? 

2  The  God  of  Jacob  chose  the  hill 
Of  Zion  for  his  ancient  rest ; 
And  Zion  is  his  dwelling  still; 

His  church  is  with  his  presence  blest. 

3  Here  will  I  fix  my  gracious  throne, 
And  reign  forever,  saith  the  Lord ; 
Here  shall  my  power  and  love  be  known. 
And  blessings  shall  attend  iny  word. 


PSALM  CXXXII.  213 

4  Here  will  I  meet  the  hungry  poor, 
And  fill  their  souls  with  living  bread  ; 
Sinners  that  wait  before  my  door, 
With  sweet  provision  shall  be  fed. 

5  Girded  with  truth,  and  clotli'd  with  grace, 
My  priests,  my  ministers  shall  shine. : 
Not  Aaron  in  his  costly  dress, 

Made  an  appearance  so  divine. 

6  The  saints  unable  to  contain 

Their  inward  joy,  shall  shout  and  sing ; 
The  Son  of  David  here  shall  reign, 
And  Zion  triumph  in  her  King. 

7  Jesus  shall  s.ee  a  numerous  seed 

Born  here,  V  uphold  his  glorious  name  ; 
His  crown  shall  flourish  on  his  head, 
While  all  his  foes  are  cloth'd  with  shame. 

PSALM    132.     Second  Part,     C.  M. 
At  the  dedication  of  a  church. 

1  A  RISE,  O  king  of  grace,  arise, 
-™-  And  enter  to  thy  rest : 

Lo  !  thy  church  waits  with  longing  eyes, 
Thus  to  be  own'd  and  blest. 

2  Enter  with  all  thy  glorious  train, 

Thy  Spirit  and  thy  word ; 
All  that  the  ark  did  once  contain, 
Could  no  such  grace  afford. 

3  Clothe  all  thy  ministers  with  grace, 

Let  truth  their  tongues  employ  ; 
That  in  the  Saviour's  righteousness 
Thy  saints  may  shout  for  joy. 

4  Here,  mighty  God  !  accept  our  vows, 

Here  let  thy  praise  be  spread  ; 
Bless  the  provisions  of  thy  house, 
And  fill  thy  poor  with  bread. 

5  Here  let  the  Son  of  David  reign, 

Let  God's  anointed  shine ; 


214  PSALM   CXXX1II. 

Justice  and  truth  his  court  maintafn, 
With  love  and  power  divine. 
PSALM  142.     Third  Part.     CM. 

The  privileges  of  the  church  under  the  New-Testament. 

1  F¥1H£  Lord  in  Zion  plac'd  his  throne, 
A    His  ark  was  settled  there  : 

To  Zion  the  whole  nation  came, 
To  worship  thrice  a  year. 

2  But  we  have  no  such  lengths  to  walk, 

Nor  wander  far  abroad  ; 
Where'er  thy  saints  assemble  now, 
There  is  a  house  for  God. 

3  Blest  Zion  still,  in  God's  esteem, 

All  other  seats  excels ; 
Wherever  he  records  his  name, 
'Tis  Zion ;  there  he  dwells. 

4  "  Her  store,"  says  he,  "  I  will  increase, 

"  Her  poor  with  plenty  bless ; 
"  Her  saints  shall  shout  for  joy,  her  priests 

"  My  saving  health  confess. 
3  "  There  David's  power  shall  long  remain 

"  In  his  establish'd  line ; 
"  There  David's  Son  and  Lord  shall  reign, 

"  And  with  fresh  lustre  shine. 

6  "  The  faces  of  his  vanquish'd  foes 
"  Confusion  shall  o'erspread ; 
"  Whilst,  with  confirm'd  success,  his  crown 
"  Shall  flourish  on  his  head." 

PSALM   133.     First  Part.     CM. 
Brotherly  love. 

1  i"  03  what  an  entertaining  sight 
•■-^  Are  brethren  that  agree ; 
Brethren  whose  cheerful  hearts  unite 

In  bands  of  piety. 

2  When  streams  of  love  from  Christ,  the  spring, 

Descend  to  every  soul, 


PSALM  CXXXIV.  215 

And  heavenly  peace  with  balmy  wing, 
Shades  and  bedews  the  whote : 

3  'Tis  like  the  oil  divinely  sweet, 

On  Aaron's  reverend  head  ; 
The  trickling  drops  perfum'd  his  feet, 
And  o'er  his  garments  spread. 

4  'Tis  pleasant  as  the  morning  dews, 

That  fall  on  Zion's  hill ; 
Where  God  his  mildest  glory  shews, 
And  makes  his  grace  distil. 

PSALM   133.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
Love  and  worship  in  a  family. 

1  "OLEST  are  the  sons  of  peace, 

■D  Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one ; 
Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please, 
Through  all  their  actions  run, 

2  Blest  is  the  pious  house, 
Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet ; 

Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled  vows, 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

3  Thus,  on  the  heavenly  hills, 
The  saints  are  blest  above, 

Where  joy  like  morning  dew  distils^ 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

PSALM  134.    C.  M. 
Daily  and  nightly  devotion. 

1  "WTE  that  obey  th'  immortal  King, 

*    Attend  his  holy  place  ; 
Bow  to  the  glories  of  his  power, 
And  bless  his  wondrous  grace. 

2  Lift  up  your  hands  by  morning  light, 

And  send  your  souls  on  high  ; 
Raise  your  admiring  thoughts  by  night 
Above  the  starry  sky. 

3  The  God  of  Zion  cheers  our  hearts, 

With  rays  of  quickening  grace  ; 


p 


216  PSALM  CXXXV. 

The  God  that  spread  the  heavens  abroad, 
And  rules  the  swelling  seas. 

PSALM   135.     First  Part.   L.  M. 
The  church  is  GocVs  house  and  care. 

RAISE  ye  the  Lord,  exalt  his  name, 
While  in  his  earthly  courts  ye  wait, 
Ye  saints  that  to  his  house  belong, 
Or  stand  attending  at  his  gate. 

2  Praise  ye  the  Lord,  the  Lord  is  good  ; 
To  praise  his  name  is  sweet  employ  : 
Israel  he  chose  of  old,  and  still 

His  church  is  his  peculiar  joy. 

3  The  Lord  himself  will  judge  his  saints  ; 
He  treats  his  servants  as  his  friends  : 
And  when  he  hears  their  sore  complaints, 
Repents  the  sorrows  that  he  sends. 

4  Through  every  age  the  Lord  declares 
His  name,  and  breaks  th'  oppressor's  rod  ; 
He  gives  his  suffering  servants  rest, 

And  will  be  known  th'  almighty  God. 

5  Bless  ye  the  Lord,  who  taste  his  love  ; 
People  and  priests  exalt  his  name  : 
Among  his  saints  he  ever  dwells  ; 

His  church  is  his  Jerusalem. 

PSALM  135.     Secoyid  Part.     L.  M. 
Creation,  Providence,  and  Redemption. 

1  r\  REAT  is  the  Lord,  exalted  high, 
*J*  Above  all  powers  and  every  throne  ; 
Whate'er  he  pleas'd  in  earth  or  sea, 

Or  heaven,  or  hell,  his  hand  hath  done. 

2  At  his  command  the  vapours  rise, 
The  lightnings  flash,  the  thunders  roar; 
He  pours  the  rain,  he  brings  the  wind, 
And  tempest  from  his  airy  store. 

3  'Twas  he  those  dreadful  tokens  sent, 
O  Egypt,  through  thy  stubborn  land ! 


PSALM  CXXXV1I.  217 

When  all  thy  first  born,  beasts  and  men, 
Fell  dead  by  his  avenging  hand. 

4  What  mighty  nations,  mighty  kings 
He  slew,  and  their  whole  country  gave 
To  Israel,  whom  his  hand  redeem'd, 
No  more  to  be  proud  Pharaoh's  slave. 

5  His  power  the  same,  the  same  his  grace, 
That  saves  us  from  the  hosts  of  hell ; 
And  heaven  he  gives  us  to  possess, 
Whence  those  apostate  angels  fell. 

PSALM  135.     Third  Part.    C.  M. 
Praise  due  to  God  alone. 

1  A  WAKE,  ye  saints,  to  praise  your  King, 
-«-  Your  sweetest  passions  raise ; 
Your  pious  pleasure,  while  you  sing, 

Increasing  with  the  praise. 

2  Great  is  the  Lord  ;  and  works  unknown 

Are  his  divine  employ ! 
But  still  his  saints  are  near  his  throne. 
His  treasure  and  his  joy. 

3  Heaven,  earth,  and  sea  confess  his  hand ; 

He  bids  the  vapours  rise ; 
Lightning  and  storm  at  his  command 
Sweep  through  the  sounding  skies. 

4  All  power,  that  gods  or  kings  have  claim'd. 

Is  found  with  him  alone  : 
But  heathen  gods  should  ne'er  be  nam'd 
Where  our  Jehovah's  known. 

5  O  Zion  trust  the  living  God, 

Serve  him  with  faith  and  fear; 
He  makes  thy  courts  his  blest  abode, 
And  claims  his  honours  there. 

PSALM  136.     First  Part.     P.  M. 
The  wonders  of  'Creation,  Providence,  and  Redemptio?}, 

1    ri  I VE  thanks  to  God  most  high, 
^-*  The  universal  Lord ; 
19 


218  PSALM  CXXJXVI. 

The  sovereign  King  of  kings ; 

And  be  his  grace  ador'd. 
"  His  power  and  grace  are  still  the  same  ; 
"  And  let  his  name  have  endless  praise." 

2  How  mighty  is  his  hand  ! 
What  wonders  hath  he  done ! 
He  form'd  the  earth  and  seas, 
And  spread  the  heavens  alone. 

"  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  shall  still  endure ; 
"  And  ever  sure  abides  thy  word." 

3  His  wisdom  fram'd  the  sun, 
To  crown  the  day  with  light ; 
The  moon  and  twinkling  stars, 
To  cheer  the  darksome  night. 

«  His  power  and  grace  are  still  the  same ; 
"  And  let  his  name  have  endless  praise." 

4  He  smote  the  first  born  sons, 
The  flower  of  Egypt,  dead ; 
And  thence  his  chosen  tribes 
With  joy  and  glory  led. 

"  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  shall  still  endure ; 
"  And  ever  sure  abides  thy  word." 

5  His  power  and  lifted  rod 
Cleft  the  Red  Sea  in  two ; 
And  for  his  people  made 

A  wondrous  passage  through. 
"  His  power  and  grace  are  still  the  same ; 
"  And  let  his  name  have  endless  praise." 

6  But  cruel  Pharaoh  there, 
With  all  his  host  he  drown'd, 
And  brought  his  Israel  safe 
Through  a  long  desert  ground. 

"  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  shall  still  endure ; 
"  And  ever  sure  abides  thy  word." 

7  The  kings  of  Canaan  fell 
Beneath  his  dreadful  kand  ;r 


PSALM  CXXXVI.  219 

While  his  own  servants  took 

Possession  of  their  land. 
'*  His  power  and  grace  are  still  the  same  ; 
"  And  Jet  his  name  have  endless  praise." 
S  He  saw  the  nations  lie 

All  perishing  in  sin ; 

And  pitied  the  sad  state 

The  ruin'd  world  was  in. 
"  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  shall  still  endure  ; 
"  And  ever  sure  abides  thy  word." 

9  He  sent  his  only  Son 
To  save  us  from  our  wo, 
From  Satan,  sin,  and  death, 
And  every  hurtful  foe. 

"  His  power  and  grace  are  still  the  same ; 
"  And  let  his  name  have  endless  praise." 

10  Give  thanks  aloud  to  God, 
To  God  the  heavenly  King; 
And  let  the  spacious  earth 
His  works  and  glories  sing. 

"  Thy  mercy,  Lord,  shall  still  endure  ;• 
u  And  ever  sure  abides  thy  word." 

PSALM  136.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord* 

1  itIVE  to  our  God  immortal  praise; 
^X  Mercy  and  truth  are  all  his  ways ; 
Give  to  the  Lord  of  lords  renown, 
The  king  of  kings  with  glory  crown. 

2  He  built  the  earth,  he  spread  the  skyr 
And  fix'd  the  starry  lights  on  high : 
He  fills  the  sun  with  morning  light, 
He  bids  the  moon  direct  the  night. 

3  The  Jews  he  freed  from  Pharaoh's  hand, 
And  brought  them  to  the  promised  land : 
He  saw  the  Gentiles  dead  in  sin, 

And  felt  his  pity  work  within. 


220  PSALM  CXX^VIL 

4  He  sent  his  Son  with  power  to  save 
From  guilt,  and  darkness,  and  the  grave  : 
"  Wonders  of  grace  to  God  belong, 

"  Repeat  his  mercies  in  your  song.*' 

5  Through  this  vain  world  he  guides  our  feet, 
And  leads  us  to  his  heavenly  seat : 

"  His  mercies  ever  shall  endure, 

"  When  this  vain  world  shall  be  DO  more.** 

• 

PSALM   137.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  sorrows  of  Israel  in  captivity. 

1  IJY  Babel's  stream  the  captives  sate, 
-*-*  And  wept  for  Zion's  hapless  fate  ; 
Useless,  their  harps  on  willows  hung, 
While  foes  requir'd  a  sacred  song. 

2  With  taunting  voice,  and  scornful  eye, 
"  Sing  us  a  song  of  heaven,"  they  cry : 
"  While  foes  deride  o$r  God,  and  King, 
"  How  can  we  tune  our  harps  to  sing?'* 

3  "  If  Zion's  woes  our  hearts  forget, 

"  Or  cease  to  mourn  for  Israel's  fate, 
-  "  Let  useful  skill  our  hands  forsake  ; 
|     "  Our  hearts  with  hopeless  sorrow  breaks 

4  "  Thou,  ruin'd  Salem,  to  our  eyes 

"  Each  day  in  sad  remembrance  rise  ! 

"  Should  we  e'er  cease  to  feel  thy  wrongs, 

"  Lost  be  our  joys,  and  mute  our  tongues." 

5  "  Remember,  Lord,  proud  Edom's  sons, 
"  W7ho  cried,  exulting  at  our  groans, 

"  While  Salem  trembled  at  her  bas^, 

"  Rase  them :  her  deep  foundations  rase." 

6  While  thus  they  sung,  the  mourners  view'd 
Their  foes  by  Cyrus'  arm  subdu'd, 

And  saw  his  glory  rise,  who  spread 
Their  streets  and  fields  with  hosts  of  dead. 

7  Pleas'd,  they  foresaw  the  blest  decree, 
That  set  their  tribes  from  bondage  free, 


PSALM  CXXXVII.  221 

Renew'd  the  temple,  and  restor'd 
The  sacred  worship  of  the  Lord. 

PSALM  137.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  Church's  complaint.. 

1  Y  ORD,  in  those  dark  and  dismal  days5 
•■-^  We  mourn  the  hidings  of  thy  face; 
Proud  enemies  our  path  surround, 

To  level  Zion  with  the  ground. 

2  Her  sons,  her  worship,  they  deride, 
And  hiss  thy  word  with  tongues  of  pride ; 
And  cry,  tr  insult  our  humble  prayer, 

"  Where  is  your  God,  ye  Christians,  where?*0 

3  Errors,  and  sins,  and  follies  grow ; 
Thy  saints  bow  down  in  deepest  wo; 
Their  love  decays,  their  zealis  oTer, 
And  thousands  walk  with  Christ  nomore^. 

4  To  happier  days  our  bosoms  turn  ; 
Those  days  but  teach  us  how  to  mourn  r 
The  God,  who  bade  his  mercy  flow, 

In  wrath  withdraws  his  blessing  now. 

&  The  blessing  from  thy  truth's  withdrawn  ; 
Its  quick'ning,  saving  ihflu'nce  gone  : 
Unwarn'd,  unwaken'd*  sinners  hear, 
Nor  see  their  awful  danger  near. 

6  In  dews  unseen,  in  scanty  show'rs, 
Thy  Spirit  sheds  his  healing  pow'rs  : 
Thy  thirsty  ground  is  parch'd  beneath^ 
And  all  is  barrenness,  and  death*. 

7  Yet  still,  thy  name  be  ever  blest,„ 
On  thee  our  hope  shall  safely  rest : 
Zion  her  Saviour  soon  shall  see 
Array'd  to  set  his  Israel  free, 

8  Jesus,  with  vengeance  arm'd,  shall  come 
To  crush  his  foes,  and  seal  their  doom  3 
The  mystic  Babel  whelm  in  dust, 

Her  pomp,  her  idols,  powY  and;  trust 
19* 


222  PSALM  C^XXVlI. 

9  Then  shall  thy  saints  exult,  and  sing 
The  matchless  glories  of  their  King  ; 
Nations  before  his  altar  bend, 
And  peace  from  realm  to  realm  extend. 

PSALM   137.     Third  Part..    S.  M. 

Love  to  the  church. 

1  ¥  LOVE  thy  kingdom,  Lord, 
*  The  house  of  thine  abode  ; 

The  church  our  blest  Redeemer  sav'd 
With  his  own  precious  blood. 

2  I  love  thy  Church,  O  God  ! 
Her  walls  before  thee  stand, 

Dear  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 
And  graven  on  thy  hand. 

3  If  e'er  to  bless  thy  sons 
My  voice,  or  hands  deny, 

These  hands  let  useful  skill  forsake, 
This  voice  in  silence  die. 

4  If  e'er  my  heart  forget 
Her  welfare,  or  her  wo, 

Let  every  joy  this  heart  forsake, 
And  every  grief  o'erflow. 

5  For  her  my  tears  shall  fall  ; 
For  her  my  prayers  ascend ; 

To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  given, 
'Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 
5  Beyond  my  highest  joy 
I  prize  her  heavenly  ways  ; 

Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vows, 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

7  Jesus,  thou  friend  divine, 
Our  Saviour,  and  our  King, 

Thy  hand  from  every  snare  and  foq 
Shall  great  deliverance  bring. 

8  Sure  as  thy  truth  shall  last, 
To  Zion  shall  be  given 


PSALM  CXXXVlll  223 

The  brightest  glories  earth  can  yield, 
And  brighter  bliss  of  heaven. 
PSALM  138.     L.  M. 

Restoring  and  preserving  grace. 

1  "WM/TTH  all  my  powers  of  heart  and  tongue 

▼  ▼    I'll  praise  my  Maker  in  my  song  : 
Angels  shall  hear  the  notes  I  raise, 
Approve  the  song,  and  join  the  praise. 

2  Angels  that  make  thy  church  their  care, 
Shall  witness  my  devotion  there  ; 
While  holy  zeal  directs  mine  eyes 

To  thy  fair  temple  in  the  skies. 

3  I'll  sing  thy  truth  and  mercy,  Lord, 
I'll  sing  the  wonders  of  thy  word  ; 
Nor  all  thy  works  and  names  below 
So  much  thy  power  and  glory  show. 

4  To  God  I  cried  when  troubles  rose  ; 
He  heard  me,  and  subdu'd  my  foes  ; 
He  did  my  rising  fears  control, 

And  strength  diffus'd  through  all  my  soul, 

5  The  God  of  heaven  maintains  his  state, 
Frowns  on  the  proud  and  scorns  the  great; 
But  from  his  throne  descends,  to  see 
The  sons  of  humble  poverty. 

6  Amid  a  thousand  snares  I  stand, 
LTpheld  and  guarded  by  thy  hand  ; 
Thy  words  my  fainting  soul  revive, 
And  keep  my  dying  faith  alive. 

7  Grace  will  complete  what  grace  begins,, 
To  save  from  sorrows  and  from  sins  : 
The  work  that  wisdom  undertakes, 
Eternal  mercy  ne'er  forsakes. 

PSALM  139.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
The  omniscience  and  omnipresence  dfGod. 

1   fllHOU,   Lord,  by   strictest  search  hast 
J-    My  rising  up  and  lying  down  ;  [known 
My  secret  thoughts  are  known  to  thee, 
Known  long  before  conceived  by  me, 


224  PSALM  CXXXIX. 

2  Thine  eye  my  bed  and  path  surveys, 
My  public  haunts  and  private  ways  ; 
Thou  know'st  what  'tis  my  lips  would  vent ; 
My  yet  unuttere<l  words'  intent. 

3  Within  thy  circling  power  1  stand  ;" 
On  every  side  1  find  thy  hand  : 
Awake,  asleep,  at  home,  abroad, 

I  am  surrounded  still  with  God* 

4  O  could  I  so  perfidious  be, 

To  think  of  once  deserting  thee  f 
Where,  Lord,  could  I  thy  influence  shun  ?.' 
Or  whither  from  thy  presence  run  ? 

5  If  up  to  heaven  I  take  my  flight, 

'Tis  there  thou  dwell'st  enthron'd  in  lights 
If  dawn  to  hell's  infernal  plains* 
'Tis  there  almighty  vengeance  reigns. 

6  If  I  the  morning  wings  could  gain, 
And  fly  beyond  the  western  main, 
Thy  swifter  hand  would  first  arrive, 
And  there  arrest  thy  fugitive. 

7  Or  should  I  try  to  shun  thy  sight 
Beneath  the  sable  wings  of  night ; 

One  glance  from  thee,  one  piercing  ray,. 
Would  kindle  darkness  into  day. 

8  The  veil  of  night  is  no  disguise, 

No  screen  from  thy  all-searching  eyes  ^ 
Thro'  midnight  shades  thou  find'st  thy  way^ 
As  in  the  blazing  noon  of  day. 

S  "O  may  these  thoughts  possess  my  breast,. 
"Where'er  I  rove,  where'er  i  rest  ? 
"Nor  let  my  weaker  passions  dare 
"Consent  to  sin  ;  for  God  i&  there," 

PSALM  139.     Second  Part.     CM. 
The  wisdom  of  God  in  the  formation  of  man* 

I  T^HEN  I  with  pleasing  wonders  stand, 
»  ▼    And  all  my  frame  survey ; 


PSALM  CXXXIX  225 

Lord,  'tis  thy  work  ;  I  own  thy  hand 
Thus  built  my  humble  clay. 

2  Thy  hand  my  heart  and  reins  possest, 

Where  unborn  nature  grew  ; 
Thy  wisdom  all  my  features  trac'd, 
And  all  my  members  drew. 

3  Thine  eye  with  nicest  care  survey'd 

The  growth  of  every  part : 
'Till  the  whole  scheme  thy  thoughts  had  laid, 
Was  copied  by  thine  art. 

4  Heaven,  earth,  and  sea,  and  fire  and  wind, 

Shew  me  thy  wondrous  skill ; 
But  I  review  myself,  and  find 
Diviner  wonders  still. 

5  Thine  awful  glories  round  me  shine,. 

My  flesh  proclaims  thy  praise  ; 
Lord,  to  thy  works  of  nature  join 

Thy  miracles  of  grace. 

PSALM   139.      Third  Part.     CM. 
The  mercies  of  God  innumerable.     An  evening  Psalm. 

1  ~W  ORD,  when  1  count  thy  mercies  o'er 
i^  They  strike  me  with  surprise; 

Not  all  the  sands  that  spread  the  shore 
To  equal  numbers  rise. 

2  My  flesh  with  fear  and  wonder  stands, 

The  product  of  thy  skill ; 
And  hourly  blessings  from  thy  hands 
Thy  thoughts  of  love  reveal. 

3  These  on  my  heart  by  night  1  keep ; 

How  kind,  how  dear  to  me! 
O  may  the  hour  that  ends  my  sleep, 
Still  find  my  thoughts  with  thee. 
PSALM    139.      Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Grace  tried. 

1   TVI"^  God,  what  inward  grief  I  feel, 
IT  J.  When  impious  men  transgress  thy  will ! 


226  PSALM  CXL. 

I  mourn  to  hear  their  lips  profane, 
Take  thy  tremendous  name  in  vain. 

2  Does  not  my  soul  detest  and  hate 
The  sons  of  malice  and  deceit  ? 
Those  that  oppose  thy  laws  and  thee, 
I  count  them  enemies  to  me. 

3  Lord,  search  my  soul,  try  every  thought ; 
Though  my  own  heart  accuse  me  not 
Of  walking  in  a  false  disguise ; 

I  beg  the  trial  of  thine  eyes. 

4  Doth  secret  mischief  lurk  within  ; 
Do  I  indulge  some  unknown  sin  ? 

0  turn  my  feet  whene'er  I  stray, 
And  lead  me  in  thy  perfect  way. 

PSALM  140.     S.M. 
A  complaint  against  personal  enemies* 

1  jVJ Y  God,  while  impious  men, 
1TJ.  VVith  malice  in  their  heart, 

My  peace  destroy,  my  life  defame, 
Thy  guardian  grace  impart. 

2  With  poison  in  their  lips, 
And  with  a  serpent's  tongue, 

They  sting  my  fainting  soul  to  death, 
And  make  my  name  their  song. 

3  Ceaseless  they  lie  in  wait 
My  footsteps  to  betray ; 

They  hide  their  snare,  they  set  their  gin* 
Beside  my  peaceful  way. 

4  O  hear  my  humble  cry  ! 
Their  fondest  hope  destroy  ; 

Their  arts  confound,  their  plots  disclose, 
And  blast  their  envious  joy. 

5  On  their  own  heads  shall  fall 
The  mischiefs  they  devise  ; 

Thy  hand  shall  take  them  in  their  net, 
Their  slanders,  and  their  lies. 


PSALM  CXLII.  22? 

6  As  coals  the  wood  consume, 
As  pits  receive  their  slain ; 

So  shall  the  men  of  malice  sink, 
And  never  rise  again. 

7  The  Lord,  who  hates  the  proud, 
Shall  scorch  the  slanderous  tongue; 

Shall  hunt  the  wicked  from  the  earth, 
And  well  requite  their  wrong. 

8  Thou  wilt  sustain  the  poor, 
And  bid  th'  afflicted  sing; 

Before  thee  shall  thy  children  dwell, 
Their  Father,  and  their  King. 

PSALM, 141.    L.  M. 

Brotherly  reproof.    A  morning  or  evening  Psalm. 

1  TMT Y  God,  accept  my  early  vows, 

«L"   Like  morning  incense  in  thy  house ; 
And  let  my  nightly  worship  rise 
Sweet  as  the  evening  sacrifice. 

2  Watch  o'er  my  lips,  and  guard  them,  Lord, 
From  every  rash  and  heedless  word ; 
Nor  let  my  feet  incline  to  tread 

The  guilty  path  where  sinners  lead. 

3  O  may  the  righteous,  when  I  stray, 
Smite  and  reprove  my  wandering  way ! 
Their  gentle  words  like  ointment  shed, 
Shall  never  bruise  but  cheer  my  head. 

4  When  I  behold  them  prest  with  grief, 
I'll  cry  to  heaven  for  their  relief ; 
And  by  my  warm  petitions  prove 
How  much  1  prize  their  faithful  love. 

PSALM  142.    C.  M. 

God  is  the  hope-qfthe  helpless. 

I   FTIO  God  1  made  my  sorrows  known, 
-*-    From  God  I  sought  relief; 
In  long  complaints  before  his  throne 
I  pour'd  out  all  my  grief. 


228  PSALM  CXLIII. 

2  My  soul  was  overwhelm'd  with  woes, 

My  heart  began  to  break  ; 
My  God,  who  all  my  burdens  knows 
Knows  every  way  I  take. 

3  On  every  side  I  cast  mine  eye, 

And  found  my  helpers  gone  ; 
While  friends  and  strangers  pass  me  by 
Neglected  or  unknown. 

4  Then  did  1  raise  a  louder  cry, 

And  call'd  thy  mercy  near  ; 
"  Thou  art  my  portion  when  I  die, 
Be  thou  my  refuge  here." 

5  Lord,  I  am  brought  exceeding  low  ; 

Now  let  thine  ear  attend, 
And  make  my  foes  who  vex  me  know, 
I've  an  Almighty  Friend. 

6  From  my  sad  prison  set  me  free, 

Then  shall  1  praise  thy  name  ; 
And  holy  men  shall  join  with  me, 
Thy  kindness  to  proclaim. 

PSALM  143.    L.  M. 

Mourning  under  afflictions  in  mind  and  body. 

1  ]M[Y  righteous  Judge,  my  gracious  God ! 
-L"  Hear  when  I  spread  my  hands  abroad, 
And  cry  for  succor  from  thy  throne, 

O  make  thy  truth  and  mercy  known  ! 

2  Let  judgment  not  against  me  pass  ; 
Behold  thy  servant  pleads  thy  grace  ; 
Should  justice  call  us  to  thy  bar, 

No  living  man  is  guiltless  there. 

3  Look  down  in  pity,  Lord,  and  see, 
The  mighty  woes  that  burden  me: 
Down  to  the  dust  my  life  is  brought, 
Like  one  long  buried  and  forgot. 

4  I  dwell  in  darkness  and  unseen,  -, 
My  heart  is  desolate  within  ; 


PSALM  CXLIH.  229 

My  thoughts  in  musing  silence  trace 
The  ancient  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

5  Thence  I  derive  a  glimpse  of  hope 
To  bear  my  sinking  spirits  up  ; 

I  stretch  my  hands  to  God  again, 
And  thirst,  like  parched  lands,  for  rain. 

6  For  thee  1  thirst,  I  pray,  I  mourn  ; 
When  will  thy  smiling  face  return  ? 
Shall  all  my  joys  on  earth  remove  ? 
And  God  forever  hide  his  love  ? 

7  My  God,  thy  long  delay  to  save, 
Will  sink  thy  prisoner  to  the  grave  ; 

My  heart  grows  faint,  and  dim  mine  eye  ; 
Make  haste  to  help  before  I  die. 

8  The  night  is  witness  to  my  tears, 
Distressing  pains,  distressing  fears  : 
O,  might  I  hear  thy  morning  voice, 
How  would  my  wearied  powers  rejoice ! 

9  In  thee  1  trust,  to  thee  I  sigh, 
And  lift  my  heavy  soul  on  high  ; 
For  thee  sit  waiting  all  the  day, 
And  wear  the  tiresome  hours  away. 

10  Break  off  my  fetters,  Lord,  and  show 
Which  is  the  path  my  feet  should  go  ; 
If  snares  and  foes  beset  the  road, 

I  flee  to  hide  me  near  my  God. 

1 1  Teach  me  to  do  thy  holy  will, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  heavenly  hill ; 
Let  the  Good  Spirit  of  thy  love 
Conduct  me  to  thy  courts  above. 

12  Then  shall  my  soul  no  more  complain  ; 
The  tempter  then  shall  rage  in  vain, 
And  flesh  that  was  my  foe  before, 
Shall  never  vex  my  spirit  more. 

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230  PSALM    CXLIV. 

PSALM   144.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Victory  in  the  spiritual  warfare. 

1  "pOR  ever  blessed  be  the  Lord, 
-T    My  Saviour  and  my  shield  ; 
He  sends  his  Spirit  with  his  word, 

To  arm  me  for  the  field. 

2  When  sin  and  hell  their  force  unite, 

He  makes  my  soul  his  care  ; 
Instructs  me  to  the  heavenly  fight, 
And  guards  me  through  the  war. 

3  A  friend  and  helper  so  divine, 

Does  my  weak  courage  raise  ; 
He  makes  the  glorious  victory  mine  ; 
And  his  shall  be  the  praise. 

PSALM   144.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  vanity  of  man. 

1  T  ORD,  what  is  man,  pour  feeble  man, 
A-*  Born  of  the  earth  at  first ! 

His  life  a  shadow,  light  and  vain, 
/     Still  hastening  to  the  dust. 

2  O  what  is  feeble  dying  man, 

Or  any  of  his  race, 
That  God  should  make  it  his  concern 
To  visit  him  with  grace  ! 

3  That  God  who  darts  his  lightnings  down  ; 

Who  shakes  the  worlds  above, 
While  mountains  tremble  at  his  frown, 
How  wondrous  is  his  love ! 
PSALM  144.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  happy  nation. 

1  ¥¥APP  Y  the  city,  where  their  sons 
■»-■-  Like  pillars  round  a  palace  set, 
And  daughters,  bright  as  polish'd  stones, 
Give  strength  and  beauty  to  the  state. 

2  Happy  the  country,  where  the  sheep, 
Cattle,  and  corn,  have  large  increase ; 


PSALM  CXLV.  231 

Where  men  securely  work,  or  sleep, 
Nor  sons  of  plunder  break  their  peace. 
3  Happy  the  nation  thus  endow'd  : 
But  more  divinely  blest  are  those, 
On  whom  the  all  sufficient  God, 
Himself  with  all  his  grace  bestows. 

PSALM  145.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  greatness  of  God. 

1  "IMFY  God.  my  King,  thy  various  praise 
-!■"   Shall  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
Thy  grace  employ  my  humble  tongue, 
'Till  death  and  glory  raise  the  song. 

2  The  wings  of  every  hour  shall  bear 
Some  thankful  tribute  to  thine  ear  ; 
And  every  setting  sun  shall  see 
New  works  of  duty  done  for  thee. 

3  Thy  truth  and  justice  I'll  proclaim  ; 
Thy  bounty  flows  an  endless  stream  ; 
Thy  mercy  swift ;  thine  anger  slow  ; 
But  dreadful  to  tfee  stubborn  foe. 

4  Thy  works  with  sovereign  glory  shine5 
And  speak  thy  majesty  divine  : 

Let  Zion  in  her  courts  proclaim 
The  sound  and  honour  of  thy  name. 
3  Let  distant  times  and  nations  raise 
The  long  succession  of  thy  praise  ; 
And  unborn  ages  make  my  song 
The  joy  and  labour  of  their  tongue. 

6  But  who  can  speak  thy  wondrous  deeds  ? 
Thy  greatness  all  our  thoughts  exceeds  ; 
Vast  and  unsearchable  thy  ways  ; 
Vast  and  immortal  be  thy  praise, 

PSALM  145.     Second  Part.     G.  M. 
The  goodness  of  God.. 

1   ^VEET  is  the  memory  of  thy  grace, 
^  My  God,  my  heavenly  King  : 


232  PSALM  CXLV. 

Let  age  to  age  thy  righteousness 
In  sounds  of  glory  sing. 

2  God  reigns  on  high,  but  not  confines 

His  goodness  to  the  skies  ; 
Through  the  whole  earth  his  bounty  shines, 
And  every  want  supplies. 

3  With  longing  eyes  thy  creatures  wait 

On  thee  for  daily  food  ; 
Thy  liberal  hand  provides  their  meat, 
And  fills  their  mouths  with  good. 

4  How  kind  are  thy  compassions,  Lord! 

How  slow  thine  anger  moves ! 
But  soon  he  sends  his  pardoning  word 
To  cheer  the  souls  he  loves. 

5r  Creatures,  with  all  their  endless  race, 
Thy  power  and  praise  proclaim ; 
But  saints  that  taste  thy  richer  grace, 
Delight  to  bless  thy  name. 

PSALM  145.     Third  Part.     CM. 
The  mercy  of  God. 

1  J'  ET  every  tongue  thy  mercy  speak, 
i^  Thou  sovereign  Lord  of  all  ; 

Thy  strengthening  hands  uphold  the  weak. 
And  raise  the  poor  that  fall. 

2  When  sorrow  bows  the  spirit  down, 

Or  virtue  lies  distrest 
Beneath  some  proud  oppressor's  frown, 
Thou  giv'st  the  mourners  rest. 

3  The  Lord  supports  our  tottering  days, 

And  guides  our  giddy  youth ; 
Holy  and  just  are  all  his  ways, 
And  all  his  words  are  truth. 

4  He  knows  the  pain  his  servants  feel, 

He  hears  his  children  cry ; 
And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfil, 
His  grace  is  ever  nigh. 


PSALM  CXLV1.  233 

5  His  mercy  never  shall  remove 

From  men  of  heart  sincere ; 
He  saves  the  souls,  whose  humhle  love 
Is  join'd  with  holy  fear. 

6  His  stubborn  foes  his  sword  shall  slay, 

And  pierce  their  hearts  with  pain  ; 
But  none  that  serve  the  Lord  shall  say, 
"  They  sought  his  aid  in  vain." 
f  My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  his  praise, 
And  spread  his  fame  abroad; 
Let  all  the  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honours  of  their  God. 

PSALM   146.     First  Part,     L.  M. 
Praise  to  God  for  his  goodness  and  truth. 

1  "ORA1SE  ye  the  Lord  :  my  heart  shall  jam) 
A     In  work  so  pleasant,  so  divine; 

Now  while  the  flesh  is  mine  abode, 
And  when  my  soul  ascends  to  God.- 

2  Praise  shall  employ  my  noblest  powers, 
While  immortality  endures ;    » 

My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last. 

3  Why  should  I  make  a  man  my  trust  1 
Princes  must  die  and  turn  to  dust ; 

Their  breath  departsy  their  pomp  and  powerr 
And  thoughts  all  vanish  in  an  hour. 

4  Happy  the  man,  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God:  he  made  the  sky, 
And  earth  and  seas,  with  all  their  train ■; 
And  none  shall  find  liis  promise  vain.  * 

5  His  truth  forever  stands  secure  ; : 

He  saves  th'  opprest,  he  feeds  the  poor  ;; 
He  sends  the  labouring  conscience  peace^ 
And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

6  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  sinking  mind  ; ; 

20* 


234  PSALM  CXLYI. 

He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  and  the  fatherless. 
7  He  loves  his  saints,  he  knows  them  well, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell; 
Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns  ; 
Praise  him  in  everlasting  strains. 

PSALM  146.     Second  Part.     P.  M. 
Praise  to  God  for  his  power,  mercy  and  truth. 

1  ¥'LL  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath : 
-■-  And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers ; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Why  should  I  make  a  man  my  trust ! 
Princes  must  die  and  turn  to  dust ; 

Vain  is  the  help  of  flesh  and  blood : 
Their  breath  departs,  their  pomp  and  power, 
And  thoughts,  all  vanish  in  an  hour  ; 

Nor  can  they  make  their  promise  good^ 

3  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God  :  he  made  the  sky, 

And  earth  and  seas,  with  all  their  train ; 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure  ; 
He  saves  th'  opprest,  he  feeds  the  poor ; 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

4  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind  ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  sinking  mind  ; 

He  sends  the  labouring  conscience  peace ; 
He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow,  and  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

5  He  loves  his  saints,  he  knows  them  well, 
But  turns  the  wicked  down  to  hell ; 

Thy  God,  O  Zion,  ever  reigns : 
Let  every  tongue,  let  every  age 
In  this  exahed  work  engage ; 

Praise  him  in  everlasting  strains. 


PSALM  CXLVII.  235 

6  1*11  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath ; 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life  and  thought,  and  being  last, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

PSALM   147.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
Providence  and  grace. 

1  ¥JR AISE  ye  the  Lord :  'tis  good  to  raise 
J^     Our  hearts  and  voices  in  his  praise: 
His  nature  and  his  works  invite 

To  make  this  duty  our  delight. 

2  The  Lard  builds  up  Jerusalem, 
And  gathers  nations  to  his  name : 
His  mercy  melts  the  stubborn  soul, 
And  makes  the  broken  spirit  whole. 

3  He  form'd  the  stars,  those  heavenly  flames, 
He  counts  their  numbers,  calls  their  names; 
His  wisdom's  vast,  and  knows  no  bound, 

A  deep  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd 

4  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  great  his  mighty 
And  all  his  glories  infinite  : 

He  crowns  the  meek,  rewards  the  just, 
And  treads  the  wicked  to  the  dust. 

5  The  saints  are  lovely  in  his  sight : 
He  views  his  children  with  delight : 

He  sees  their  hope,  he  knows  their  fear, 
And  looks,  and  loves  his  image  there. 

PSALM   147.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Summer  and  Winter. 

1  I    ET  Zion  praise  the  mighty  God, 

•■-^  And  make  his  honours  known  abroad  : 
For  sweet  the  joy  our  songs  to  raise, 
And  glorious  is  the  work  of  praise. 

2  Our  children  live  secure  and  blest; 
Our  shores  have  peace,  our  cities  rest; 


236  PSALM  CXLTII. 

He  feeds  our  sons  with  finest  wheat, 
And  adds  his  blessing  to  their  meat. 

3  The  changing  seasons  he  ordains, 
The  early  and  the  latter  rains ; 
His  flakes  of  snow,  like  wool  he  sends, 
And  thus  the  springing  corn  defends. 

4  With  hoary  frost  he  strews  the  ground  ; 
His  hail  descends  with  dreadful  sound; 
His  icy  bands  the  rivers  hold, 
And  terror  arms  his  wintry  cold. 

5  He  bids  the  warmer  breezes  blow, 
The  ice  dissolves,  the  waters  flow  ; 
But  he  hath  nobler  works  and  ways 
To  call  our  children  to  his  praise. 

6  Through  all  our  coasts  his  laws  are  shown, 
His  gospel  through  the  nation  known: 
He  hath  not  thus  reveal'd  his  word 
To  every  land  :  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM   147.  Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  seasons  of  the  year. 

1  TM/"ITH  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud 

▼  ▼    Address  the  Lord  on  high  ; 
Around  the  heavens  he  spreads  his  cloud, 
And  waters  ve  1  the  sky. 

2  He  sends  his  showers  of  blessings  down 

To  cheer  the  p'ains  below  ; 
He  makes  the  grass  the  mountains  crown 
And  corn  in  vallies  grow. 

3  He  gives  the  grazing  ox  his  meat, 

He  hears  the  ravens  cry  ; 
But  man,  who  tastes  his  finest  wheat, 
Should  raise  his  honours  high. 

4  His  steady  counsels  change  the  face 

Of  the  declining. year  ; 
He  bids  the  sun  cut  short  his  race, 
And  wintry  days  appear. 


PSALM  CXLVI1I.  237 

5  His  hoary  frost,  his  fleecy  snow, 

Descend  and  clothe  the  ground  : 
The  liquid  streams  forbear  to  flow, 
In  icy  fetters  bound. 

6  When  from  his  dreadful  stores  on  high 

He  pours  the  rattling  hail ; 
The  wretch,  that  dares  his  God  defy, 
Shall  find  his  courage  fail. 

7  He  sends  his  word,  and  melts  the  snow ; 

The  fields  no  longer  mourn ; 
He  calls  the  southern  gales  to  blow, 
And  bids  the  spring  return. 

8  The  changing  wind,  the  flying  cloud, 

Obey  his  mighty  word : 
With  songs  and  honours  sounding  loud, 
Praise  ye  the  sovereign  Lord. 

PSALM  148.     First  Part  P.M. 
Praise  to  God  from  all  creatures. 

1  ~V*E  tribes  of  Adam,  join 

A    With  heaven,  and  earth,  and  seas, 

And  offer  notes  divine 

To  your  Creator's  praise. 

Ye  holy  throng  of  angels  bright, 
In  words  of  light  begin  the  song. 

2  Thou  sun  with  dazzling  rays, 
And  moon  that  ruPst  the  night, 
Shine  to  your  Maker's  praise, 
With  stars  of  twinkling  light. 

His  power  declare,  ye  floods  on  high, 
And  clouds  that  fly  in  empty  air. 

3  The  shining  worlds  above 
In  glorious  order  stand, 
Or  in  sweet  courses  move 
By  his  supreme  command. 

He  spake  the  word,  and  all  their  frame 
From  nothing  came  to  praise  the  Lord. 


238  PSALM  CXLVIII. 

4  He  mov'd  the  mighty  wheels 
In  unknown  ages  past ; 
And  each  his  word  fulfils, 
While  time  and  nature  last. 

In  different  ways  his  works  proclaim 
His  wondrous  name,  and  speak  his  praise. 

5  Let  all  the  earth-born  race, 
And  monsters  of  the  deep; 
The  fish  that  cleave  the  seas, 
Or  in  their  bosom  sleep, 

From  sea  and  shore  their  tribute  pay, 
And  still  display  their  Maker's  power. 

G  Ye  vapours,  hail  and  snow, 

Praise  ye  th'  almighty  Lord  ; 

And  stormy  winds  that  blow 

To  execute  his  word. 

When  lightnings  shine,  or  thunders  roar, 
Let  earth  adore  his  hand  divine. 

7  Ye  mountains  near  the  skies, 
With  lofty  cedars  ttie  re, 
And  trees  of  humbler  size* 

That  fruit  in  plenty  bear  ;.  [worms, 

Beasts  wild  and  tame,  birds,  flies,  and 
In  various  forms,  exalt  his  name. 

8  Ye  kings,  and  judges,  fear 
The  Lord,  the  sovereign  King  ; 
And  while  you  rule  us  here, 
His  heavenly  honours  sing: 

Nor  let  the  dream  of  power  and  state 
Make  you  forget  his  power  supreme. 

9  Virgins,  and  youths,  engage 
To  sound  his  praise  divine, 
While  infancy  and  age 
Their  feebler  voices  join  ; 

Wide  as  he  reigns,  his  name  be  sung 
By  every  tongue  in  endless  strains* 


PSALM  CXLIX.  239 

10  Let  all  the  nations  fear 

The  God  that  rules  above 

He  brings  his  people  near, 

And  makes  them  taste  his  love : 

While  earth  and  sky  attempt  his  praise, 
His  saints  shall  raise  his  honours  high. 

PSALM   148.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 

Universal  praise  to  God. 

1  T  OUD  hallelujahs  to  the  Lord,  [dwell; 
J"  From  distant  worlds,  where  creatures 
Let  heaven  begin  the  solemn  word, 

And  sound  it  dreadful  down  to  hell. 

2  The  Lord,  how  absolute  he  reigns 
Let  every  angel  bend  the  knee  ; 
Sing  of  his  love  in  heavenly  strains  : 
And  speak  how  fierce  his  terrors  be. 

3  Mortals,  can  you  refrain  your  tongue, 
When  nature  all  around  you  sings  ? 

O  for  a  shout  from  old  and  young, 
From  humble  swains  and  lofty  kings! 

4  Wide  as  his  vast  dominions  lies, 
Make  the  Creator's  name  be  known ; 
Loud  as  his  thunder  shout  his  praise, 
And  sound  it  lofty  as  his  throne. 

5  Jehovah !  'tis  a  glorious  word ! 
O  may  it  dwell  on  every  tongue  ! 

But  saints,  who  best  have  known  the  Lord, 
Are  bound  to  raise  the  noblest  song. 

PSALM  149.    C.  M. 

The  triumph  of  believers. 

1  A  LL  ye  that  love  ttie  Lord,  rejoice, 
-™-  And  let  your  songs  be  new  ; 
Amid  the  church  with  cheerful  voice, 

His  later  wonders  shew. 

2  The  Jews,  the  people  of  his  grace, 

Shall  their  Redeemer  sing ; 


240  PSALM  CL. 

And  Gentile  nations  join  the  praise, 
While  Zion  owns  her  King. 

3  The  Lord  takes  pleasure  in  the  just, 

Whom  sinners  treat  with  scorn; 
The  meek  that  lie  despis'd  in  dust, 
Salvation  shall  adorn. 

4  Saints  shall  be  joyful  in  their  King, 

Ev'n  on  a  dying  bed ; 
And,  like  the  souls  in  glory  sing ; 
For  God  shall  raise  the  dead. 

5  Then  his  high  praise  shall  fill  their  tongues, 

Their  hand  shall  wield  the  sword ; 
And  vengeance  shall  attend  their  songs ; 
The  vengeance  of  the  Lord. 

0  When  Christ  the  judgment  seat  ascends, 

And  bids  the  world  appear ; 
Thrones  are  prepar'd  for  all  his  friends, 
Wbo  humbly  lov'd  him  here. 

7  Then  shall  they  rule  with  iron  rod, 

Nations  that  dar'd  rebel ; 
And  join  the  sentence  of  their  God, 
On  tyrants  doom'd  to  hell. 

8  The  royal  sinner  bound  in  chains, 

New  triumphs  shall  afford : 
Such  honour  for  the  saints  remains  ; 
Praise  ye,  and  love  the  Lord. 

PSALM  150.     'First  Part.     P.  M. 
Universal  praise  to  the  God  of  our  salvation-, 

1  ¥N  Zion's  sacred  gates, 

•■•  Let  hymns  of  praise  begin ; 

Where  acts  of  faith  and  love 

With  ceaseless  beauty  shine  : 
In  mercy  there,  while  God  is  known, 
Before  his  throne  with  songs  appear, 

2  In  heaven,  liis  house  on  high, 
Ye  angels  lift  your  voice  ; 


PSALM  CL.  241 

Let  heavenly  harps  resound, 

And  happy  saints  rejoice  : 
The  glories  sing  that  ever  shine, 
With  pomp  divine  around  your  King. 

3  His  wondrous  acts  demand, 
His  wisdom  and  his  grace, 
The  labours  of  our  hands, 
And  transports  of  our  praise  : 

Rehearse  his  name  to  every  shore, 
Where'er  his  power  his  works  proclaim. 

4  Let  the  trump's  martial  voice, 
The  timbrel's  softer  sound, 
The  organ's  solemn  peal, 
United  praise  resound. 

To  swell  the  song  with  highest  joy, 
Let  man  employ  his  tuneful  tongue. 

PSALM  1 50.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Hallelujah. 

1  TJRAJSE  ye  the  Lord  ;  all  nature  join 
-■■     In  work  and  worship  so  divine  ; 
Let  heaven  and  earth  unite,  and  raise 
High  hallelujahs  to  his  praise. 

2  While  realms  of  joy,  and  worlds  around, 
Their  hallelujahs  high  resound ; 

Let  saints  below  and  saints  above, 
Exulting  sing  redeeming  love. 

3  As  instruments  well  tun'd  and  strung, 
We'll  praise  the  Lord  with  heart  and  tongue ; 
While  life  remains,  we'll  loud  proclaim 
High  hallelujah's  to  his  name. 

4  Beyond  the  grave  in  nobler  strains, 
When  freed  from  sorrow,  sin,  and  pains, 
Eternally  the  Church  will  raise 

High  hallelujahs  to  his  praise* 
21 


242  PSALM  CL. 

5  Praise  the  Father,  Hallelujah ; 
Praise  ye  the  Son,  Hallelujah; 
Praise  the  Spirit,  Hallelujah ; 
These  three  are  one,  praise  ye  the  lord, 


HYMNS 


I.  DOCTRINAL  AND  PRACTICAL,  ARRANGED  AND 
NUMBERED  AGREEABLY  to  THE  SECTIONS  OF 
THE  CATECHISM. 

II.  ADAPTED  TO  THE  LORD'S  SUPPER. 

III.  MISCELLANEOUS — TIMES  AND  SEASONS. 


Rejoice  in  the  Lord,  O  ye  righteous  ;  for  praise  is  comely 
for  the  upright — Sing  unto  Him  a  new  song. — Psalm 
xxxiii.  1,  3. 

They  sung  as  it  were  a  new  song  before  the  throne — and  no 
man  could  learn  that  song  but  the — redeemed  from  the 
earth. — Revel,  xiv.  3. 

Unto  Him  that  loved  us,  and  washed  us  from  our  sins  in  his 
own  blood — to  Him  be  glory  and  dominion  for  ever  and 
ever.    Amen.     Revel,  i.  5,  6. 

-—My  songs  in  the  house  of  my  pilgrimage. — Psalm  cxix.  54. 


HYMNS 


DOCTRINAL  AND  PRACTICAL,  ARRANGED  AND 
NUMBERED  AGREEABLY  TO  THE  SECTIONS  OF 
THE  CATECHISM. 


HYMN  1.     First  Part.      CM. 
Our  only  comfort  in  life  and  death. 

1  SUBSTANTIAL  comfort  will  not  grow 
^  In  nature's  barren  soil ; 

All  we  can  boast,  'till  Christ  we  know, 
Is  vanity  and  toil. 

2  But  where  the  Lord  has  planted  grace, 

And  made  his  glories  known; 
There  fruits  of  heavenly  joy  and  peace 
Are  found,  and  there  alone. 

3  A  bleeding  Saviour  seen  by  faith; 

A  sense  of  pard'ning  love  ; 
A  hope,  that  triumphs  over  death, 
Give  joys  like  those  above. 

4  To  take  a  glimpse  within  the  veil ; 

To  know  that  God  is  mine  ; 
Are  springs  of  joy  that  never  fail, 
LTnspeakable !  divine ! 
£  These  are  the  joys  which  satisfy, 
And  sanctify  the  mind  ? 
Which  make  the  spirit  mount  on  high, 
And  leave  the  world  behind. 
6  No  more,  believers,  mourn  your  lot; 
But  since  you  are  the  Lord's, 
Resign  to  them  that  know  him  not, 
Such  joys  as  earth  affords. 
21* 


246  HYMN  I. 

HYMN   1.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
In  life  and  death  I  belong  to  Christ. 

1  J'  ET  thoughtless  thousands  choose  the 
-■-^      road, 

That  leads  the  soul  away  from  God : 
This  happiness,  dear  Lord,  be  mine, 
To  live  and  die  entirely  thine. 

2  On  Christ,  by  faith,  my  soul  would  live, 
From  him  my  life,  my  all  receive  ; 

To  him  devote  my  fleeting  hours ; 
Serve  him  alone  with  all  my  powers. 

3  Christ  is  my  everlasting  all, 
To  him  I  look,  on  him  I  call ; 
He  every  want  will  well  supply, 
In  time,  and  through  eternity. 

4  Soon  will  the  Lord,  my  life,  appear; 
Soon  shall  I  end  my  trials  here  ; 
Leave  sin  and  sorrow,  death  and  pain, 
To  live  is  Christ — to  die  is  gain. 

HYMN  1.     Third  Part.     CM. 
The  Christian's  experience. 

1  TW"0  strength  of  nature  can  suffice 
«*-^»   To  serve  the  Lord  aright ; 
And  what  she  has,  she  misapplies, 

For  want  of  clearer  light. 

2  How  long  beneath  the  law  1  lay 

In  bondage  and  distress : 
I  toil'd  the  precept  to  obey, 
But  toil'd  without  success. 

3  Then  all  my  servile  works  were  done 

A  righteousness  to  raise  ; 

Now  freely  chosen  in  the  Son, 

I  freely  choose  his  ways. 

4  To  see  the  law  by  Christ  fulfilled, 

And  hear  his  pard'ning  voice, 
Will  change  a  slave  into  a  child, 
And  duty  into  choice. 


HYMN  II.  247 

5  "  What  shall  I  do,"  was  once  the  word, 

"  That  I  may  worthier  grow  V9 
"  What  shall  1  render  to  the  Lord  ?" 
Is  my  inquiry  now. 

6  I've  seen  how  great  my  misery  is, 

And  mourn'd  my  helpless  case  ; 
I've  found  in  Christ  a  righteousness, 
And  praise  him  for  his  grace. 

HYMN   1.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
The  good  old  way. 

1  rilHE  righteousness,  th'  atoning  blood 
-*-    Of  Jesus  is  the  way  to  God ; 

O  may  we  then  no  longer  stray, 

But  come  to  Christ,  the  good  old  way. 

2  The  prophets  and  apostles  too 
Pursu'd  this  path  while  here  below; 
We  therefore  will  without  dismay, 
Thus  walk  in  Christ,  the  good  old  way. 

3  With  faith,  and  love,  and  holy  care, 
In  this  dear  way  I'll  persevere ; 
And  when  I  die,  triumphant  say, 
This  is  the  right,  the  good  old  way. 

HYMN  2.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  Law. 

1  npHUS  saith  the  first,  the  great  command, 

JL    "  Let  all  thy  inward  powers  unite 
"  To  love  thy  Maker  and  thy  God, 
"  With  utmost  vigour  and  delight. 

2  "  Then  shall  thy  neighbour,  next  in  place, 
"  Share  thine  affections  and  esteem ; 

"  And  let  thy  kindness  to  thyself, 
"  Measure  and  rule  thy  love  to  him." 

3  This  is  the  sense  that  Moses  spoke ; 
This  did  the  prophets  preach  and  prove t 
For  want  of  this  the  law  is  broke  ; 

The  law  demands  a  perfect  love. 


248  HYMN  JI. 

4  But  O  how  base  our  passions  are ! 
This  holy  law  we  can't  fulfil ; 
Regenerate  our  souls,  O  Lord  ! 
Or  we  shall  ne'er  perform  thy  will. 
HYMN  2.     Second  Part.     S.    M. 
The  law  is  spiritual. 

1  fllHE  law  of  God  is  just, 

-*-    A  strict  and  holy  way  ; 
And  he  that  would  escape  the  curse. 
Must  all  the  law  obey. 

2  Not  one  vain  thought  must  rise, 
Not  one  unclean  desire  ; 

He  must  be  holy,  just,  and  wise, 
Who  keeps  the  law  entire. 

3  If  in  one  point  he  fail, 

In  thought  or  word  or  deed, 
The  curses  of  the  law  prevail, 
And  rest  upon  his  head. 

4  I  tremble  and  confess  ; 
O  God  !  I  am  accurs'd  ; 

Guilty,  I  fall  before  thy  face, 
And  own  thy  sentence  just 

5  But  does  the  curse  still  rest 
Upon  my  guilty  head  ? — 

No — Jesus — let  his  name  be  blest ! 
Hath  borne  it  in  my  stead. 

6  He  hath  fulfill'd  the  law  y 
Obtain'd  my  peace  with  God  ; 

Here  doth  my  soul  her  comforts  draw, 
And  leave  her  heavy  load. 

HYMN  2.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Conviction  of  sin  by  the  law. 

1    T  ORD,  how  secure  my  conscience  was, 
■"  And  felt  no  inward  dread  ! 
I  was  alive  without  the  law, 
And  thought  my  sins  were  dead. 


HYMN  II.  249 

2  My  hopes  of  heaven  were  firm  and  bright ; 

But  since  the  precept  came 
With  a  convincing  power  and  light, 
I  find  how  vile  I  am. 

3  My  guilt  appear'd  but  small  before, 

'Till,  terribly  I  saw 
How  perfect,  holy,  just  and  pure, 
Was  thine  eternal  law. 

4  Then  felt  my  soul  the  heavy  load, 

My  sins  reviv'd  again  ; 
I  had  provok'd  a  dreadful  God, 
And  all  my  hopes  were  slain. 

5  My  God,  I  cry  with  every  breath 

For  grace  and  power  to  save, 
To  break  the  yoke  of  sin  and  death, 
And  thus  redeem  the  slave. 

HYMN  2.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Conviction  of  misery  by  the  law. 

1  "¥JTA1N  are  the  hopes  the  sons  of  men 

'     On  their  own  works  have  built ; 
Their  hearts  by  nature  are  unclean, 
And  all  their  actions  guilt, 

2  Let  Jew  and  Gentile  stop  their  mouths,, 

Without  a  murmuring  word ; 
And  the  whole  race  of  Adam  stand 
Guilty  before  the  Lord. 

3  In  vain  we  ask  God's  righteous  law 

To  justify  us  now  ; 
Since  to  convince,  and  to  condemn. 
Is  all  the  law  can  do. 

4  Jesus,  how  glorious  is  thy  grace, 

When  in  thy  name  we  trust  ! 
Our  faith  receives  a  righteousness 
That  makes  the  sinner  just. 

HYMN  3.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
God  created  man  good,  and  after  his  own  image. 

I     A  DAM  in  paradise  was  placed, 
-™-  Our  natural  and  our  federal  head  : 


250  HYMN  III. 

With  holiness  and  wisdom  grac'd, 
In  his  Creator's  image  made. 

2  Bless'd  with  the  joys  of  innocence, 
Upright  and  happy,  firm  he  stood  ; 
'Till  he  debas'd  himself  to  sense, 
And  took  of  the  forbidden  food. 

3  His  soul  at  first,  a  holy  flame, 

Was  kindled  by  his  Maker's  breath; 
But  stung  by  sin,  it  soon  became 
The  seat  of  darkness,  strife  and  death. 

HYMN  *3.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Original  sin. 

1  "VOW  back  with  humble  shame  we  look 
-*-^>    On  our  original  ; 

How  is  our  nature  dash'd  and  broke 
In  our  first  father's  fall ! 

2  To  all  that's  good,  averse  and  blind, 

But  prone  to  all  that's  ill  : 
What  dreadful  darkness  veils  our  mind  ! 
How  obstinate  our  will ! 

3  Conceiv'd  in  sin,  O  wretched  state  ! 

Before  we  draw  our  breath, 
The  first  young  pulse  begins  to  beat 
Depravity  and  death. 

4  Wild  and  unwholesome  as  the  root, 

Will  all  the  branches  be  ; 
How  can  we  hope  for  living  fruit 
From  such  a  deadly  tree  ? 

5  What  mortal  power  from  things  unclean 

Can  pure  productions  bring  ? 
Who  can  command  a  vital  stream 
From  an  infected  spring  ? 

6  Yet,  mighty  God,  thy  wondrous  love 

Can  make  our  nature  clean  : 
While  Christ  and  grace  prevail  above 
The  tempter,  death,  and  sin. 


HYMN  III.  251 

7  The  second  Adam  can  restore 
The  ruins  of  the  first  ; 
Hosanna  to  that  sovereign  power, 
That  new-creates  our  dust ! 

HYMN  3.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
We  are  corrupt  and  incapable  of  doing  good. 

\    JJHN,  like  a  venomous  disease, 
^  Infects  our  vital  blood  ; 
The  only  help  is  sovereign  grace, 
And  the  physician,  God. 

2  Our  beauty  and  our  strength  are  fled, 

And  we  draw  near  to  death  ; 
But  Christ  the  Lord,  recalls  the  dead, 
With  his  Almighty  breath. 

3  Madness  by  nature,  reigns  within, 

The  passions  burn  and  rage ; 
'Till  God's  own  Son,  with  skill  divine, 
The  inward  fire  assuage. 

4  We  lick  the  dust,  we  grasp  the  wind, 

And  solid  good  despise : 
Such  is  the  folly  of  the  mind, 
'Till  Jesus  makes  us  wise. 

5  We  give  our  souls  the  wounds  they  feel  ; 

We  drink  the  poisonous  gall, 
And  rush  with  fury  down  to  hell ; 
But  grace  prevents  the  fall. 

6  The  man,possess'd  among  the  tombs, 
Cuts  his  own  flesh,  and  cries  ; 

He  foams  and  raves,  'till  Jesus  comes, 
And  the  foul  spirit  flies. 

HYMN  3.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
We  must  be  born  again. 

OUR  nature's  totally  deprav'd ; 
The  heart  a  sink  of  sin : 
Without  a  change  we  can't  be  sav'd ; 
We  must  be  born  again. 


252  HYMN  III. 

2  That  which  is  born  of  flesh  is  flesh, 

And  flesh  it  will  remain; 
Then  marvel  not  that  Jesus  saith, 
"  Ye  must  be  born  again." 

3  Spirit  of  life,  thy  grace  impart, 

And  breathe  on  sinners  slain; 
Bear  witness,  Lord,  in  ev'ry  heart, 
That  we  are  born  again. 

4  Dear  Saviour,  let  us  now  begin 

To  trust  and  love  thy  word ; 
And,  by  forsaking  ev'ry  sin, 
Prove  we  are  born  of  God. 

HYMN  3.     Fifth  Part.    S.  M. 
Vital  union  to  Christ  in  regeneration. 

1   TT|EAR  Saviour,  we  are  thine 

AJ  By  everlasting  bands; 
Our  names,  our  hearts,  we  would  resign; 
Our  souls  are  in  thy  hands. 

2  Accepted  for  thy  sake, 
And  justified  by  faith, 

We  of  thy  righteousness  partake, 
And  find  in  thee  our  life. 

3  To  thee  we  still  would  cleave 
With  ever  growing  zeal ; 

If  millions  tempt  us  Christ  to  leave  ; 
O  let  them  ne'er  prevail. 

4  Thy  spirit  shall  unite 

Our  souls  to  thee  our  head  : 
Shall  form  us  to  thy  image  bright, 
That  we  thy  paths  may  tread. 

5  Death  may  our  souls  divide 
From  these  abodes  of  clay  ; 

But  love  shall  keep  us  near  thy  side, 
Through  all  the  gloomy  wTay. 

6  Since  Christ  and  we  are  one, 
Why  should  we  doubt  or  fear  ! 


If  he  in  heaven  hathfix'd  his  throne, 
He'll  fix  his  members  there. 

HYMN  4.     First  Part.     P.  M.. 
The  perfections  of  God. 

1  F|1HE  LordJehovah  reigns, 
-■-    His  throne  is  built  on  high  : 

The  garments  he  assumes, 

Are  light  and  majesty. 
His  glories  shine  with  beams  so  bright 
No  mortal  eye  can  bear  the  sight. 

2  The  thunders  of  his  hand 
Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe  ; 
His  wrath  and  justice  stand 
To  guard  his  holy  law  ; 

And  where  his  love  resolves  to  bless, 
His  truth  confirms  and  seals  the  grace. 

3  Through  all  his  perfect  works 
Surprising  wisdom  shines  ; 
Confounds  the  powers  of  hell, 
And  breaks  their  curs'd  designs  : 

Strong  is  his  arm,  and  shall  fulfil 
His  great  decrees,  his  sovereign  will. 

4  And  can  this  mighty  King 
Of  glory  condescend  ? 
And  will  he  write  his  name, 
My  Father  and  my  Friend  ? 

I  love  his  name,  I  love  his  word  ; 

Join  all  my  powers,  and  praise  the  Lord. 

HYMN  4.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  justice  of  God. 

1  "INTERNAL  King!  the  greatest, best, 
-1-^  For  ever  glorious,  ever  blest  ; 
The  great  I  AM,  Jehovah,  Lord, 

By  seraphim  and  saint  ador'd. 

2  Justice,  the  firm  foundation  lays, 
Of  all  thy  laws,  thy  works  and  ways ; 

22 


254  HYMN  IV. 

Obedient  souls  will  ever  find 

A  God  that's  faithful,  loving,  kind. 

3  But  he  who  sins,  becomes  accurs'd, 
Or  God  would  be  no  longer  just ;       i 
Curs'd  is  the  man  who  dares  withdraw 
Obedience  from  thy  holy  law. 

4  Where  then,  great  God,  or  how  shall  we 
Approach  thy  dreadful  majesty  ! 
Thy  sacred  law  we  oft  have  broke, 
And  stand  obnoxious  to  thy  stroke. 

5  But  O  thou  holy,  just,  and  true  ! 
Though  justice  must  have  all  its  due, 
Thou  canst  be  just,  yet  justify, 
The  soul,  that  doth  on  Christ  rely. 

6  O  boundless  wisdom,  love  and  power  ! 
Thy  matchless  mercy  we  adore, 
That  found  out  this  amazing  plan 

To  save  thy  ruin'd  creature,  man. 

7  We  plead  the  suff'rings  of  thy  Son, 
We  plead  his  righteousness  alone  ; 

He  bore  the  curse,  whence  thou  art  just 
In  pardoning  those,  who  were  accurs'd. 

HYMN  4.    Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Justice  and  mercy  united. 

1  ¥NFINITE  grace :  and  can  it  be  [low? 
»  That  heav'n's  supreme  should  stoop  so 
To  visit  one  so  vile  as  I  ; 

One  who  has  been  his  bitterest  foe  ! 

2  Can  holiness  and  wisdom  join, 
With  truth,  with  justice,  and  with  grace, 
To  make  eternal  blessings  mine, 
And  sin,  with  all  its  guilt,  erase  ? 

3»  O  love  !  beyond  conception  great, 
That  form'd  the  vast,  stupendous  plan  ! 
Where  all  divine  perfections  meet 
To  reconcile  rebellious  man  ! 


HYM1N    V.  255 

There  wisdom  shines  in  fullest  blaze, 
And  justice  all  her  rights  maintains  ! 
Astonish'd  angels  sloop  to  gaze, 
While  mercy  o'er  the  guilty  reigns. 

Yes,  mercy  reigns,  and  justice  too  ; 
In  Christ  harmoniously  they  meet : 
He  paid  to  justice  all  her  due, 
And  now  he  fills  the  mercy-seat. 

Such  are  the  wonders  of  our  God, 
And  such  the  amazing  depths  of  grace; 
To  save  from  wrath's  vindictive  rod, 
The  chosen  sons  of  Adam's  race. 

With  grateful  songs,  then  let  our  souls 
Surround  our  gracious  Father's  throne  ; 
And  all  between  the  distant  poles 
His  truth  and  mercy  ever  own. 

HYMN  5.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
A  Saviour  is  necessary. 

ENSLAVD  by  sin,  and  bound  in  chains 
Beneath  its  dreadful  tyrant  sway, 
And  doom'd  to  everlasting  pains, 
We  wretched  guilty  captives  lay. 

Nor  can  our  arm  procure  our  peace  ; 
Nor  will  the  world's  collected  store 
Suffice  to  purchase  our  release  ; 
A  thousand  worlds  were  all  too  poor. 

A  Saviour,  man,  and  mighty  God, 
A  glorious  ransom  must  procure  ; 
Justice  divine  demands  his  blood, 
And  nothing  less  can  life  insure. 
Jesus  the  man,  the  mighty  God, 
This  all-sufficient  ransom  paid : 
The  Mediator's  precious  blood 
For  wretched  sinners  has  been  shed. 
Jesus,  the  sacrifice  became, 
To  rescue  guilty  souls  from  hell, 


256  HYMN  V. 

The  spotless,  bleeding,  dying  Lamb, 
Beneath  avenging  justice  fell. 

6  Amazing  justice !  love  divine  ! 
O  may  our  grateful  hearts  adore 
The  matchless  grace  ;  nor  yield  to  sin, 
Nor  wear  its  cruel  fetters  more  ! 

HYMN  5.  Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Saviour. 

1  npHE  Saviour  !  O  what  endless  charms 
-■-    Dwell  in  the  blissful  sound  ! 

Its  influence  ev'ry  fear  disarms, 
And  spreads  sweet  comfort  round, 

2  Here  pardon,  life,  and  joys  divine, 

In  rich  effusion  flow, 
For  guilty  rebels  lost  in  sin, 
And  doom'd  to  endless  woe. 

3  Th'  almighty  former  of  the  skies 

Stoop'd  to  our  vile  abode  ; 
While  angels  view'd  with  wondVing  ey*^ 
And  haiPd  the  incarnate  God. 

4  O  the  rich  depths  of  love  divine, 

Of  bliss  a  boundless  store ! 
Dear  Saviour,  let  me  call  thee  mine  ; 
1  cannot  wish  for  more. 

5  On  thee  alone  my  hope  relies, 

Beneath  thy  cross  I  fall ; 
My  Lord,  my  life,  my  sacrifice, 
My  Saviour,  and  my  all. 

HYMN  5.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Salvation. 

1  ^ALVAT[ON!  O  melodious  sound 
^  To  wretched  dying  men! 
Salvation  that  from  God  proceeds. 

And  leads  to  God  again. 

2  Rescu'd  from  hell's  eternal  gloom, 

From  fiends,  and  fires,  and  chains, 


Rais'd  to  a  paradise  of  bliss, 
Where  love  triumphant  reigns  ! 

But  may  a  poor  bevvilder'd  soul, 
Sinful  and  weak  as  mine, 

Presume  to  raise  a  trembling  eye 
To  blessings  so  divine  ? 

The  lustre  of  so  bright  a  bliss. 

My  feeble  heart  o'erbears ; 
And  unbelief  almost  perverts 

The  promise  into  tears. 
My  Saviour  God,  no  voice  but  thine, 

These  dying  hopes  can  raise ; 
Speak  thy  salvation  to  my  soul, 

And  turn  my  prayer  to  praise. 
HYMN  6.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Jesus  is  God  and  man. 

ERE  the  blue  heavens  were   stretch'd 
•From  everlasting  was  the  Word:  [abroad, 
With  God  he  wras ;  the  Word  was  God, 
And  must  divinely  be  ador'd. 
By  his  own  power  all  things  were  made  i 
By  him  supported  all  things  stand; 
He  is  the  whole  creation's  head, 
And  angels  fly  at  his  command. 

Ere  sin  was  born,  or  satan  fell, 
He  led  the  host  of  morning  stars : 
His  generation  who  can  tell, 
Or  count  the  number  of  his  years  ? 

But  lo  !  he  leaves  those  heavenly  forms : 
The  Word  descends  and  dwells  in  clay, 
That  he  may  converse  hold  with  worms, 
Drestin  such  feeble  flesh  as  the  v. 
Mortals  with  joy  beheld  his  face, 
The  eternal  Father's  only  Son: 
How  full  of  truth,  how  full  of  grace, 
When  through  his  flesh  the  Godhead  shone ! 
22* 


258  HYMN  VI. 

6  The  angels  leave  their  high  abode, 
To  learn  new  mysteries  here,  and  tell 
The  love  of  our  descending  God, 
The  glories  of  Immanuel. 

HYMN  6.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Immanuel. 

1  A  LL  hail,  thou  great  Immanuel  ! 
•**■  Thy  love,  thy  glory,  who  can  tell  I 
Angels,  and  all  the  heav'nly  host, 

Are  in  the  boundless  prospect  lost. 

2  Mortals,  with  reverential  songs, 

Take  this  dear  name  upon  your  tongues  ; 
With  holy  fear,  attempt  his  praise, 
In  solemn,  yet  triumphant,  lays. 

3  Among  a  thousand  forms  of  love, 

In  which  he  shines  and  smiles  above ; 
This  with  peculiar  joy  we  view 
He's  David's  root  and  offspring  too. 

4  There  Jesus,  in  the  glorious  plan, 
Shines,  the  great  God,  the  wondrous  maqj 
As  God,  the  root  of  all  our  bliss, 

As  man,  the  branch  of  righteousness. 

5  All  hail,  thou  dear  redeeming  Lord  ! 
All  hail,  thou  co-essential  Word ! 

All  hail,  thou  Root  and  Branch  divine ! 
All  hail,  and  be  the  glory  thine  ! 

HYMM  6.     TJiird  Part.     L.  M. 
Types  and  prophecies  fulfilled  in  Christ. 

1  TJEHOLD  the  woman's  promis'd  seed! 
-D  Behold  the  great  Messiah  come  ! 
Behold  the  prophets  all  agreed 

To  give  him  the  superior  room  ! 

2  Abrah'm  the  saint,  rejoic'd  of  old, 
When  visions  of  the  Lord  he  saw ; 
Moses,  the  man  of  God,  foretold 
This  great  fulfiller  of  his  law. 


HYMJN    VII.  259 

The  types  bore  witness  to  his  name, 
Obtain*']  their  chief  design,  and  ceas'd  ; 
The  incense  and  the  bleeding  lamb, 
The  ark,  the  altar,  and  the  priest. 

Predictions  in  abundance  meet, 
To  join  their  blessings  on  his  head  ; 
Jesus,  we  worship  at  thy  feet, 
And  nations  own  the  promis'd  seed. 
HYMN  6.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
The  gospel  of  Christ. 

G)D,  in  the  gospel  of  his  Son, 
Makes  his  eternal  counsels  known  ; 
'Tis  here  his  richest  mercy  shines, 
And  truth  is  drawn  in  fairest  lines. 
Here  sinners  of  a  humble  frame 
May  taste  his  grace,  and  learn  his  name  i 
'Tis  writ  in  characters  of  blood, 
Severely  just,  immensely  good. 
Here  Jesus,  in  ten  thousand  ways, 
His  soul-attracting  charms  displays  ; 
Recounts  his  poverty  and  pains, 
And  tells  his  love  in  melting  strains. 

Wisdom  its  dictates  here  imparts, 

To  form  our  minds  to  cheer  our  hearts ; 

Its  influence  makes  the  sinner  live. 

It  bids  the  drooping  saint  revive. 

Our  raging  passions  it  controls, 

And  comfort  yields  to  contrite  souls ; 

It  brings  a  better  world  in  view, 

And  guides  us  all  our  journey  through* 

May  this  blest  volume  ever  lie 

Close  to  my  heart,  and  near  mine  eye ; 

'Till  life's  last  hour  my  soul  engage, 

And  be  my  chosen  heritage. 

HYMN  7.     First  Part.     S.  M. 
All  men  are  not  saved. 

1   "TfcESTRUCTlON'S  dangerous  road 
*J  What  multitudes  pursue ! 


J.J.  A  XTiif        y    j.j 


While  that  which  leads  the  soul  to  God, 
Is  known  or  sought  by  few. 

2  Believers  enter  in 

By  Christ,  the  living  door ; 
But  they  who  will  not  leave  their  sin, 
Must  perish  evermore. 

3  If  self  must  be  deni'd, 
And  sin  forsaken  quite  ; 

They  rather  choose  the  way  that's  wide, 
And  strive  to  think  it  right. 

4  Encompass'd  by  a  throng, 
On  numbers  they  depend  ; 

They  think  so  many  can't  be  wrong, 
And  miss  a  happy  end. 

5  But  numbers  are  no  mark 
That  men  will  right  be  found ; 

A  few  were  sav'd  in  Noah's  ark, 
For  many  millions  drown'd. 

6  Obey  the  gospel  call, 
And  enter  while  you  may ; 

The  flock  of  Christ  remains  still  small, 
And  none  are  safe  but  they. 

7  Lord,  open  sinners'  eyes, 
Their  awful  state  to  see ; 

And  make  them,  ere  the  storm  arise, 
To  thee  for  safety  flee. 

HYMN  7.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
Faith. 

1  ¥^AITH ! — 'tis  a  precious  grace, 
-T     Where'er  it  is  bestow'd ; 

It  boasts  of  a  celestial  birth, 
And  is  the  gift  of  God. 

2  Jesus  it  owns  a  King, 
An  all-atoning  Priest, 

It  claims  no  merit  of  its  own, 
But  finds  it  all  in  Christ 


HYMN  VII.  261 

3  To  him  it  leads  the  soul, 
When  fill'd  with  deep  distress ; 

Appropriates  his  precious  blood, 
And  trusts  his  righteousness. 

4  Since  His  thy  work  alone, 
And  that  divinely  free  ; 

Lord,  send  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son 
To  work  this  faith  in  me. 

HYMN  7.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
A  living  faith. 

J    M/J1STAKEN  souls !  that  dream  of  heav'n, 
-L"  And  make  their  empty  boast 
Of  inward  joys  and  sins  forgiven, 
While  they  are  slaves  to  lust. 

2  Vain  are  our  fancies,  airy  flights, 

If  faith  be  cold  and  dead ; 

None,  but  a  living  power  unites 

To  Christ  the  living  head. 

3  'Tis  faith  that  changes  all  the  hearty 

'Tis  faith  that  works  by  love ; 
That  bids  all  sinful  joys  depart, 
And  lifts  the  thoughts  above. 

4  'Tis  faith  that  conquers  earth  and  hell 

By  a  celestial  power; 
This  is  the  grace  that  shall  prevail 
In  the  decisive  hour. 

5  Faith  must  obey  her  Father's  will, 

As  well  as  trust  his  grace ; 
A  pardoning  God  is  jealous  still 
For  his  own  holiness. 

6  When  from  the  curse  he  sets  us  free. 

He  makes  our  natures  clean ; 
Nor  would  he  send  his  Son  to  be 
The  minister  of  sin. 

7  His  spirit  purifies  our  frame 

And  seals  our  peace  with  God 


262  HYMN  VII. 

Jesus  and  his  salvation  came 
By  water  and  by  blood. 

HYMN  7.     Fourth  Part.     P.  M. 
I  will  trust  and  not  be  afraid. 

1  "DEGONE  unbelief, 
-f  My  Saviour  is  near: 
And  for  my  relief 

Will  surely  appear; 
By  pray  V  let  me  wrestle,  and  he  will  perform ; 
With  Christ  in  the  vessel,  I  smile  at  the  storm. 

2  Though  dark  be  my  way, 
Since  he  is  my  guide, 
*Tis  mine  to  obey, 

'Tis  his  to  provide ;  [fail, 

Though  cisterns  be  broken,  and  creatures  all 
The  word,  he  has  spoken,  shall  surely  prevail. 

3  His  love  in  time  past, 
Forbids  me  to  think 
He'll  leave  me  at  last 
In  trouble  to  sink  : 

Each  sweet  Ebenezer  I  have  in  review, 
Confirms  his  good  pleasure  to  help  me  quite 
through. 

4  Determin'd  to  save, 

He  watch'd  o'er  my  path ; 

When,  satan's  blind  slave, 

I  sported  with  death  ; 
And  can  he  have  taught  me  to  trust  in  his  name, 
And  thus  far  have  brought  me,  to  put  me  to 
shame  ? 

5  Why  should  I  complain 
Of  want  or  distress, 
Temptation  or  pain  ? 
He  told  me  no  less : 

The  heirs  of  salvation,  I  know  from  his  word, 
Thro'  much  tribulation,  must  follow  the  Lord. 

6  How  bitter  that  cup 
No  heart  can  conceive, 


HYMN  VIII.  263 

Which  he  drank  quite  up, 

That  sinners  might  live  !  _  [mine  ; 

His  way  was  much  rougher  and  darker  than 
Did  Jesus  thus  suffer,  and  shall  I  repine  ? 
7  Since  all  that  I  meet 

Shall  work  for  my  good  ; 

The  bitter  is  sweet 

The  med'cine  is  food  :  Pong> 

Though  painful  at  present,  'twill  cease  before 
And  then,  O  how  pleasant  the  conq'ror's  song ! 

HYMN  8.     'First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  holy  Trinity. 

1  FT1HERE  is  one  God,  and  only  one  ; 

-*-    No  rivals  can  his  essence  share  : 
He  is  Jehovah,  he  alone, 
And  with  the  Lord  none  can  compare. 

2  His  works,  through  all  this  wondrous  frame, 
Express  the  Maker's  vast  designs ; 

They  bear  the  impress  of  his  name ; 
In  every  part  his  wisdom  shines. 

3  If  in  his  works  such  wonders  rise, 
How  much  more  wonderful  is  he  ! 
Whose  nature's  fill'd  with  mysteries; 
His  being  One,  his  person  Three  ? 

4  What  finite  power  with  ceaseless  toil, 
Can  comprehend  th'  eternal  Mind  ? 
Or,  who  th'  almighty  Three  and  One, 
By  searching  to  perfection  find  ? 

5  Angels  and  men  in  vain  may  raise 
Harmonious,  their  adoring  songs ; 

The  lab'ring  thoughts  sink  down  opprest, 
And  praises  die  upon  their  tongues. 

6  Yet  would  I  lift  my  trembling  voice, 
Th'  eternal  Three  in  Onejo  sing; 
And  mingling  faith,  while  I  rejoice, 
My  humble,  grateful  tribute  bring. 


264  HYMN  VIII. 

7  All  glory  to  th'  eternal  Three, 
The  sacred  undivided  One  ; 
To  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit  be 
Co-equal  praise  and  honours  done. 
HYMM  8.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  triune  God,  the  God  of  our  salvation. 

1  T  ONG  ere  the  sun  began  his  days, 
JL^  Or  moon  shot  forth  her  silver  rays, 
Salvation's  scheme  was  fixt,  'twas  done 
in  cov'nant  by  the  Three  in  One. 

2  The  Father  spake,  the  Son  replied, 
The  Spirit  with  them  both  complied  : 
Grace  mov'd  the  cause  for  saving  man, 
And  wisdom  drew  the  noble  plan. 

3  The  Father  chose  his  only  Son 
To  die  for  sins  that  man  had  done  ! 
lmmanuel  to  the  choice  agreed, 
And  thus  secur'd  a  num'rous  seed. 

4  He  sends  his  Spirit  from  above  ; 
To  call  the  objects  of  his  love  ; 
Not  one  shall  perish  or  be  lost ; 

He  bought  them  dear,  his  blood  they  cost. 

5  What  high  displays  of  sovereign  grace  I 
What  love  to  save  a  ruin'd  race ! 

My  soul  adore  his  lovely  name, 
By  whom  thy  free  salvation  came. 

HYMN  8.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
A  song  of  praise  to  the  Holy  Trinity. 

1  T  ET  them  neglect  thy  glory,  Lord, 
i^  Who  never  knew  thy  grace ; 
But  our  loud  songs  shall  still  record 

The  wonders  of  thy  praise. 

2  We  raise  our  shouts,  O  God,  to  thee. 

And  send  them  to  thy  throne  ; 
All  glory  to  the  united  Three, 
The  undivided  One. 


HYMN  IX.  26S 

3  'Twas  he  (and  we'll  adore  his  name) 

That  form'd  us  by  a  word ; 
'Tis  he  restores  our  ruin'd  frame ; 
Salvation  to  the  Lord  ! 

4  Hosanna  !  let  the  earth  and  skies 

Repeat  the  joyful  sound  ; 
Rocks,  hills  and  vales  reflect  the  voice 
In  one  eternal  round. 

HYMN  9.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
God  the  Father  the  almighty  Creator. 

1  A  LMIGHT  Y  God  we  praise,  and  own 
-^-  Thee  our  Creator,  King  alone  ; 

All  things  were  made  to  honour  thee, 
O  Father  of  eternity  ! 

2  To  thee  all  angels  loudly  cry, 

The  heavens  and  all  the  powers  on  high, 
Cherubs  and  seraphims  proclaim, 
And  cry  thrice  holy  to  thy  name. 

3  Lord  God  of  hosts,  thy  presence  bright 
Fills  heaven  and  earth  with  beauteous  light ; 
The  apostles'  happy  company, 

And  ancient  prophets  all  praise  thee. 

4  The  crowned  martyrs'  noble  host, 
The  holy  church  in  every  coast, 
Their  Maker,  for  their  Father  own, 
Now  reconcil'd  in  Christ  his  Son. 

HYMN  9.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Creation. 

1  T  ORD,  when  our  raptur'd  thought  sur- 
-■-^  Creation's  beauties  o'er,  [veys 
All  nature  joins  to  teach  thy  praise, 

And  bid  our  souls  adore. 

2  Where'er  we  turn  our  gazing  eyes, 

Thy  radiant  footsteps  shine; 
Ten  thousand  pleasing  wonders  rise, 
And  speak  their  source  divine. 
23 


266  HYMN  IX. 

3  The  living  tribes  of  countless  forms, 

In  earth,  and  sea,  and  air, 
The  meanest  flies,  the  smallest  worms 
Almighty  power  declare. 

4  Thy  wisdom,  power,  and  goodness,  Lord, 

In  all  thy  works  appear : 
And,  O !  let  man  thy  praise  record, 
Man,  thy  distinguish'd  care. 

#  From  thee  the  breath  of  life  he  drew ; 
That  breath  thy  power  maintains ; 
Thy  tender  mercy,  ever  new, 
His  brittle  frame  sustains. 
6  Yet  nobler  favours  claim  his  praise, 
Of  reason's  light  possess'd ; 
By  revelation's  brightest  rays, 
StUl  more  divinely  bless'd. 

HYMN  9.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
God  our  preserver. 

1  T  ET  others  boast  how  strong  they  be, 
-"  Nor  death  nor  danger  fear ; 
While  we  confess,  O  Lord,  to  thee, 

What  feeble  things  we  are. 

2  Fresh  as  the  grass  our  bodies  stand, 

And  flourish  bright  and  gay ; 
A  blasting  wind  sweeps  o'er  the  land, 
And  fades  the  grass  away. 

3  Our  life  contains  a  thousand  springs, 

And  dies  if  one  be  gone  ; 
Strange  !  that  a  harp  of  thousand  strings 
Should  keep  in  tune  so  long. 

4  But  'tis  our  God  supports  our  frame, 

The  God  that  form'd  us  first ; 
Salvation  to  th'  almighty  name 
That  rear'd  us  from  the  dust. 

5  While  we  have  breath,  or  life,  or  tongues, 

Our  Maker  we'll  adore : 


HYMN  IX.  26? 

His  spirit  moves  our  heaving  lungs, 
Or  they  would  breathe  no  more. 

HYMN  9.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
My  times  are  in  thine  hands. 

1  T1ESISTLESS  Sovereign  of  the  skies, 
■■^  Immensely  great  !  immensely  wise  ! 
My  times  are  ail  within  thy  hand  : 

And  all  events  at  thy  command. 

2  His  great  decree,  who  form'd  the  earth, 
Hath  nVd  my  first  and  second  birth ; 
My  parents,  native  place  and  time, 
Were  all  assign'd  to  me  by  him. 

£  'Twas  God,  that  form'd  me  in  the  womb, 
And  he  shall  guide  me  to  the  tomb  : 
My  times  shall  all,  forever  be 
Order'd  by  his  all-wise  decree. 

4  My  times  of  sickness  and  of  health, 
My  times  of  penury  and  wealth, 
My  times  of  trial  and  of  grief, 

My  times  of  triumph  and  relief : 

5  Sad  times  the  tempter's  power  to  prove, 
Blest  times  to  taste  a  Saviour's  love, 
Must  all  begin,  and  last  and  end, 

As  best  shall  please  my  God  and  Friend. 

6  Though  plagues  and  deaths  around  me  fly, 
'Till  he  commands  I  cannot  die  : 

No  ;  not  a  single  shaft  can  hit, 

'Till  God,  who  guards  my  life,  sees  fit. 

7  O  thou  tremendous,  wise  and  just  ! 
In  thy  kind  hands  my  life  I  trust ; 
Yea,  had  I  somewhat  dearer  still, 
It  should  be  thine,  and  at  thy  will. 

8  May  I,  at  all  times,  own  thy  hand, 
And  still  to  thee  surrender'd  stand  ; 
Convinc'd  that  thou  art  God  alone, 
May  1  and  mine  be  all  thy  own, 


'268  HYMN  X. 

9  Thee,  Lord,  at  all  times  will  I  bless, 
For,  having  thee  I  all  possess  ; 
Nor  can  I  e'er  bereaved  be, 
Since  thou  wilt  never  part  with  me. 

HYMN  9.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
We  rely  on  God  our  Father. 

i    T>ENEATH  a  numerous  train  of  ills, 
-"  Our  feeble  flesh  and  heart  may  fail; 
ITet  shall  our  hope  in  thee,  our  God, 
O'er  every  gloomy  fear  prevail. 

2  Parent  and  Husband,  Guard  and  Guide, 
Thou  art  each  tender  name  in  one  ; 

On  thee  we  cast  our  heavy  cares, 
And  comfort  seek  from  thee  alone. 

3  Our  Father,  God,  to  thee  we  look, 

Our  Rock,  our  Portion,  and  our  Friend; 
And  on  thy  covenant  love  and  truth, 
Our  sinking  souls  shall  still  depend. 

HYMN    10.      First  Part.     L.  M. 
Wisdom  of  providence. 

1  \\TAIT,  O  my  soul,  thy  Maker's  will ! 

"  *     Tumultuous  passions,  ail  be  still !, 
Nor  let  a  murmuring  thought  arise  ; 
His  providence  and  ways  are  wise. 

2  He  in  the  thickest  darkness  dwells, 
Performs  the  work,  the  cause  conceals  ; 
But  though  his  methods  are  unknown, 
Judgment  and  truth  support  his  throne. 

3  In  heaven  and  earth,  and  air  and  seas, 
He  executes  his  firm  decrees  : 

And  by  his  saints  it  stands  confest, 
That  what  he  does  is  ever  best. 

4  AT  ait  then,  my  soul,  submissive  wait, 
Prostrate  before  his  awful  seat : 

And  'midst  the  terrors  of  his  rod, 
Trust  in  a  wise  and  gracious  God. 


HYMN  X.  269 

HYMN  10.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Mysteries  of  Providence. 

1  i^l  OD  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
"T  His  wonders  to  perform  ; 

He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 

Of  never-failing  skill, 
He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs, 
And  works  his  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take, 

The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread, 
Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense* 

But  trust  him  for  his  grace  ; 
Behind  a  frowning  Providence? 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 

5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 

Unfolding  every  hour  ; 
The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste* 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 

And  scan  his  work  in  vain  ; 
God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  be  will  make  it  plain. 

HYMN  10.     Third  Part.     P.  M, 

The  Lord  will  provide* 

1    npHOUGH  troubles  assail, 
-*-    And  dangers  affright  ; 
Though  friends  should  all  fail2 
And  foes  all  unite  ; 
Yet  one  thing  secures  us, 
Whatever  betide  ; 
The  scriptures  assure  us, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 
23* 


270  HYMN  X< 

2  The  birds  without  barn 
Or  store  house,  are  fed  ; 
From  them  let  us  learn 
To  trust  for  our  bread  : 
His  saints  what  is  fitting 
Shall  ne'er  be  denied, 
So  long  as  'tis  written, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

3  We  may,  like  the  ships. 
By  tempests  be  tost 
On  perilous  deeps, 
But  cannot  be  lost  : 
Though  satan  enrages. 
The  wind  and  the  tide, 
The  promise  engages, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

4  His  call  we  obey, 
Like  Abrah'm  of  old, 
Not  knowing  our  way, 
But  faith  makes  us  bold ; 
For  though  we  are  strangers, 
We  have  a  good  guide, 
And  trust  in  all  dangers, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

5  When  satan  appears 
To  stop  up  our  path, 
And  fill  us  with  fears, 
We  triumph  by  faith  ; 
He  cannot  take  from  us, 
Though  oft  he  has  tried, 
This  heart-cheering  promise, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

£  He  tells  us  we're  weak, 
Our  hope  is  in  vain  ; 
The  God  that  we  seek 
We  ne'er  shall  obtain  ; 
But  when  such  suggestions 
Our  spirits  have  plied, 


HYMN  X.  271, 

This  answers  all  questions, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

7  No  strength  of  our  own, 
Or  goodness  we  claim, 
Yet  since  we  have  known 
The  Saviour's  great  name  ; 
In  this  our  strong  tower 
For  safety  we  hide ; 

The  Lord  is  our  power, 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

8  When  life  sinks  apace, 
And  death  is  in  view, 
This  word  of  his  grace 
Shall  comfort  us  through : 
No  fearing  or  doubting, 
With  Christ  on  our  side, 
We  hope  to  die  shouting 
The  Lord  will  provide. 

HYMN  10.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
The   blessings  of  providence. 

1  A  LMIGHTY  Father,  gracious  Lord, 
-™-  Kind  guardian  of  my  days, 

Thy  mercies  let  my  heart  record, 
In  songs  of  grateful  praise. 

2  In  life's  first  dawn,  my  tender  frame 

Was  thy  indulgent  care ; 
Long  ere  I  could  pronounce  thy  name, 
Or  breathe  the  infant  prayer. 

3  Around  my  path  what  dangers  rose! 

What  snares  spread  all  my  road  ! 
No  power  could  guard  me  from  my  foes, 
But  my  Preserver,  God. 

i  How  many  blessings  round  me  shone, 
Where'er  I  turn'd  mine  eye  ! 
How  many  past  almost  unknown, 
Or  unregarded,  by ! 


272  HYMN  X. 

5  Each  rolling  year  new  favours  brought 

From  thy  exhaustless  store  ; 
But  ah !  in  vain  my  labouring  thought 
Would  count  thy  mercies  o'er. 

6  While  sweet  reflection,  through  my  days 

Thy  bounteous  hand  would  trace ; 
Still  dearer  blessings  claim  thy  praise, 
The  blessings  of  thy  grace. 

7  Yes,  I  adore  thee,  gracious  Lord, 

For  favours  more  divine ; 
That  1  have  known  thy  sacred  word, 

Where  all  thy  glories  shine. 
3  Lord,  when  this  mortal  frame  decays, 

And  every  weakness  dies, 
Complete  the  wonders  of  thy  grace, 

And  raise  me  to  the  skies. 

9  Then  shall  my  joyful  powers  unite 
In  more  exalted  lays, 
And  join  the  happy  sons  of  light 
In  everlasting  praise. 

HYMN  10.     Fifth  Part.     C.  M. 
It  is  well. 

1  ¥T  shall  be  well,  let  sinners  know, 
-■■  With  those  who  love  the  Lord ; 
His  saints  have  always  found  it  so, 

By  resting  on  his  word. 

2  Peace,  then,  ye  chasten'd  sons  of  God, 

WThy  let  your  sorrows  swell  ? 
W7isdom  directs  your  Father's  rod ; 
His  word  says,  it  is  well. 

3  Though  you  may  trials  sharp  endure, 

From  sin,  or  death,  or  hell ; 
Your  heavenly  Father's  love  is  sure, 
And  therefore  it  is  well. 

4  Soon  will  your  sorrows  all  be  o'er, 

And  you  shall  sweetly  tell, 


HYMN  XL  273 

On  Canaan's  calm  and  pleasant  shore, 
That  all  at  last  is  well. 

HYMN  10.     Sixth  Part.     C.  M. 
Submission. 

SUBMISSIVE  to  thy  will,  my  God, 
I  all  to  thee  resign ; 
And  bow  before  thy  chastening  rod  ; 
I  mourn,  but  not  repine. 

2  Why  should  my  foolish  heart  complain, 

When  wisdom,  truth,  and  love 
Direct  the  stroke,  inflict  the  pain, 
And  point  to  joys  above, 

3  How  short  are  all  my  sufferings  here, 

How  needful  ev'ry  cross  : 
Away,  my  unbelieving  fear, 
Nor  call  my  gain  my  loss. 
1  Then  give,  dear  Lord,  or  take  away, 
Pli  bless  thy  sacred  name ; 
My  Jesus,  yesterday,  to  day, 
Forever  is  the  same! 

HYMN  11.     First  Part.     CM. 
Jesus. 

1  I'M  not  asham'd  to  own  my  Lord, 
■■•  Or  to  defend  his  cause; 
Maintain  the  honour  of  his  word, 

The  glory  of  his  cross. 

2  Jfesus,  My  God  !  I  know  his  name  ; 

His  name  is  all  my  trust ; 
Nor  will  he  put  my  soul  to  shame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  lost. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promise  stands, 

And  he  can  well  secure 
What  I've  committed  to  his  hands, 
'Till  the  decisive  hour. 

4  Then  will  he  own  my  worthless  name, 

Before  his  Father's  face ; 


274  HYMN  XI. 

And  in  the  new  Jerusalem 
Appoint  my  soul  a  place. 

HYMN   11.     Second  Part.     C.   M. 
The  name  of  Jesus. 

1  tJOW  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds, 
-■"■■  in  a  believer's  ear  ! 

It  sooths  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

2  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole, 

And  calms  the  troubled  breast ; 
'Tis  manna  to  the  hungry  soul, 
And  to  the  wTeary  rest. 

3  Dear  name !  the  rock  on  which  I  build, 

My  shield  and  hiding  place ; 
My  never  failing  treasury,  fill'd 
With  boundless  stores  of  grace. 

4  Jesus  !  my  Shepherd,  Husband,  Friend, 

My  Prophet,  Priest  and  King ; 
My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End  ; 
Accept  the  praise  I  bring. 

5  Weak  is  the  effort  of  my  heart, 

And  cold  my  warmest  thought ; 
But  when  1  see  thee  as  thou  art, 
I'll  praise  thee  as  I  ought. 

6  'Till  then,  I  would  thy  love  proclaim 

With  every  fleeting  breath ; 
And  may  the  music  of  thy  name 
Refresh  my  soul  in  death. 

HYMN  11.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Jesus — the  gift  of  God. 

1  ¥ESUS,  my  love,  my  chief  delight, 
**    For  thee  I  long,  For  thee  I  pray ; 
Amid  the  shadows  of  the  night, 
Amid  the  business  of  the  day. 

2  When  shall  I  see  thy  smiling  face, 
Which  I,  through  faith,  have  often  seen  ; 


HYMN  XI.  275 

Arise  thou  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Dispel  the  clouds  that  intervene. 

3  Thou  art  the  glorious  gift  of  God, 
To  sinners  weary  and  distress'd, 
The  first  of  all  his  gifts  bestow'd, 
And  certain  pledge  of  all  the  rest. 

4  Now  I  can  say,  this  Gift  is  mine, 

I'll  tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet; 
No  more  at  pain,  or  want  repine, 
Nor  envy  the  rich  sinner's  state. 

5  This  precious  Jewel  let  me  keep, 
And  lodge  it  deep  within  my  heart ; 
At  home,  abroad,  awake,  asleep, 

It  never  shall  from  thence  depart. 

HYMN  11.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Jesus  the  only  Saviour. 

1  fESUS,  the  spring  of  joys  divine, 

"  Whence  all  our  hopes  and  comforts  flow: 
Jesus,  no  other  name  but  thine, 
Can  save  us  from  eternal  woe. 

2  In  vain  would  boasting  reason  find 
The  way  to  happiness  and  God  ; 
Her  weak  directions  leave  the  mind 
Bewilder'd  in  a  dubious  road. 

3  No  other  name  will  heaven  approve  ; 
Thou  art  the  true,  the  living  way,- 
Ordain'd  by  ever  lasting  love, 

To  the  bright  realms  of  endless  day, 

4  Safe  lead  us  through  this  world  of  night, 

And  bring  us  to  the  blissful  plains, 

The  regions  of  unclouded  light, 

Where  perfect  joy  for  ever  reigns. 

HYMN  11.    'Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
I  love  Jesus. 

1    FilHE  wondering  world  inquires  to  know 
-*-    Why  I  should  love  my  Jesus  so ; 
"  What  are  his  charms,"  say  they,  "  above 
"  The  objects  of  a  mortal  love  ?" 


276  HYMN  XII. 

2  All-over  glorious  is  my  Lord, 
Must  be  belov'd  and  yet  ador'd  ; 
His  worth  if  all  the  nations  knew, 

Sure  the  whole  earth  would  love  him  too, 

3  The  love  of  Christ  is  strong  as  death, 
He  seal'd  it  with  his  latest  breath  ; 
My  love  to  him,  secur'd  by  grace, 
No  pains  or  doubts  can  e'er  deface. 

4  What  can  destroy,  what  separate 
A  love  so  pure,  so  free,  so  great  ? 

in  heaven  both  faith  and  hope  subside, 
But  love  forever  will  abide. 

HYMN  12.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
The  offices  of  Christ. 

1  \1/PE  bless  the  Prophet  of  the  Lord, 

▼  ▼     That  comes  with  truth  and  grace: 
Jesus,  thy  spirit,  and  thy  word, 
Shall  lead  us  in  thy  ways. 

2  We  rev'rence  our  High-Priest  above, 

Who  offer' d  up  his  blood, 
And  lives  to  carry  on  his  love, 
By  pleading  with  our  God. 

3  We  honour  our  exalted  King  ; 

How  sweet  are  his  commands  ! 
He  guards  our  souls  from  hell  and  sin, 
By  his  almighty  hands. 

4  Hosanna  to  his  blessed  name, 

Who  saves  by  glorious  ways  ; 
The  anointed  Saviour  has  a  claim 
To  our  immortal  praise. 

HYMN  12.     Second  Part.     P.  M. 
The  offices  of  Christ. 

1     ¥  GIN  all  the  glorious  names 
tf    Of  wisdom,  love  and  power, 
That  ever  mortals  knew, 
That  angels  ever  bore  ; 
All  are  too  mean  to  speak  his  worth, 
Too  mean  to  set  mv  Saviour  forth. 


HYMN  XII.  277 

2  Great  Prophet  of  my  God, 

My  tongue  would  bless  thy  name  ; 

By  thee  the  joyful  news 

Of  our  salvation  came  ; 
The  joyful  news  of  sins  forgiven, 
Of  hell  subdu'd,  and  peace  with  heaven. 

3  Jesus,  my  great  High  Priest, 
Offer'd  his  blood  and  died  ; 
My  guilty  conscience  seeks 
No  sacrifice  beside. 

His  powerful  blood  did  once  atone  ; 
And  now  it  pleads  before  the  throne. 

4  My  dear  and  mighty  Lord, 
My  Conqueror  and  my  King  ; 
Thy  sceptre  and  thy  sword, 
Thy  reigning  grace  1  sing. 

Thine  is  the  power  ;  behold  !  I  sit 
In  willing  bonds  beneath  thy  feet. 

5  Now  let  my  soul  arise, 

And  tread  the  tempter  down  : 

My  Saviour  leads  me  forth 

To  conquest  and  a  crown. 
A  feeble  saint  shall  win  the  day, 
Though  death  and  hell  obstruct  the  way» 

6  Should  all  the  hosts  of  hell, 
And  powers  of  death  unknown, 
Put  their  most  dreadful  forms 
Of  death  and  mischief  on  ; 

I  shall  be  safe,  for  Christ  displays 
Superior  power  and  guardian  grace. 

HYMN  12.     Third  Part.     L.  M; 
Christ  is  all,  and  in  all. 

1   ¥N  Christ  I've  all  my  souPs  desire  ; 
*  His  Spirit  does  my  heart  inspire 
With  boundless  wishes  large  and  high  ; 
And  Christ  will  all  my  wants  supply. 
24 


278  HYMN  XU. 

~3  Christ  is  my  hope,  my  strength  and  guide  ; 
For  me  he  bled,  and  groan'd  and  dy'd : 
He  is  my  sun  to  give  me  light, 
He  is  my  soul's  surpreme  delight. 

3  Christ  is  the  source  of  all  my  bliss, 
My  wisdom  and  my  righteousness  ; 
My  Saviour,  Brother,  and  my  Friend  ; 
On  him  alone  I  now  depend. 

4  Christ  is  my  King  to  rule  and  bless, 
And  all  my  troubles  to  redress ; 
He's  my  salvation  and  my  all, 
Whate'er  on  earth  shall  me  befall. 

5  Christ  is  my  strength  and  portion  too, 
My  soul  in  him  can  all  things  do  ; 
Through  him  I'll  triumph  o'er  the  grave, 
And  death,  and  ev'ry  foe  outbrave. 

HYMN  12.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
.  Christians. 

i   ]W"OT  all  the  nobles  of  the  earth, 

*^    Who  boast  the  honours  of  their  birth, 

Such  real  dignity  can  claim, 

As  those  who  bear  the  christian  name. 

2  To  them  the  privilege  is  given 

To  be  the  sons  and  heirs  of  heaven  ; 
Sons  of  the  God  who  reigns  on  high, 
And  heirs  of  joy  beyond  the  sky. 

3  On  them,  a  happy,  chosen  race, 
Their  Father  pours  his  richest  grace  : 
To  them  his  counsels  he  imparts, 
And  stamps  his  image  on  their  hearts. 

4  Their  infant  cries,  their  tender  age, 
His  pity  and  his  love  engage  : 

He  clasps  them  in  bisarms,  and  there 
Secures  them  with  parental  care. 

5  His  will  he  makes  them  early  know, 
And  teaches  their  young  feet  to  go. 


HYMN  XIII.  279- 

Whispers  instruction  to  their  minds, 
And  on  their  hearts  his  precepts  binds. 

6  When  through  temptations  they  rebel, 
His  chastening  rod  he  makes  them  feel ; 
Then,  with  a  Father's  tender  heart, 
He  sooths  the  pain,  and  heals  the  smart. 

1  Their  daily  wants  his  hands  supply, 

Their  steps  he  guards  with  watchful  eye  ; 
Leads  them  from  earth  to  heaven  above, 
And  crowns  them  with  eternal  love. 

8  if  I've  the  honour,  Lord,  to  be 
One  of  this  numerous  family  : 
On  me  the  gracious  gift  bestow, 
To  call  thee,  Abba,  Father !  too. 

9  So  may  my  conduct  ever  prove 
My  filial  piety  and  love  : 

Whilst  all  my  brethren  clearly  trace 
Their  Father's  likeness  in  my  face. 

HYMN   13.     First  Part,      L.  M. 
Christ  is  the  eternal  Son  of  God. 

1  f\  CHRIST,  thou  glorious  King,  we  owp 
*J  Thee  to  be  God's  eternal  Son  : 

The  Father's  fulness,  life,  divine, 
Mysteriously  are  also  thine. 

2  When  rolling  years  brought  on  the  day, 
Foretold  and  fix'd  for  this  display, 

Our  great  deliverance  to  obtain, 
Thou  didst  our  nature  not  disdain. 

3  At  God's  right  hand,now,Lord,thou'rtplac'd, 
And  with  thy  Father's  glory  grac'd, 

True  God  and  man  in  person  one  ; 
A  judge  to  pass  our  final  doom. 

4  From  day  to  day,  O  Lord,  do  we 
On  high  exalt  and  honour  thee  : 
Thy  name  we  worship  and  adore, 
World  without  end, for  evermore'.* 


280  HYMN  XIII. 

HYMN  13.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
God  the  Son  equal  •with  the  Father. 

1  "OR1GHT  King  of  glory,  dreadful  God  ! 
-*-*  Our  spirits  bow  before  thy  feet ; 

To  thee  we  lift  an  humble  thought, 
And  worship  at  thine  awful  seat. 

2  A  thousand  seraphs  strong  and  bright 
Stand  round  the  glorious  Deity  ; 
But  who  among  the  sons  of  light, 
Pretends  comparison  with  thee  ? 

3  Yet  there  is  one  of  human  frame, 
Jesus,  array  *d  in  flesh  and  blood, 
Thinks  it  no  robbery,  to  claim 

A  full  equality  with  God. 

4  Their  glory  shines  with  equal  beams  ; 
Their  essence  is  for  ever  one ; 
Distinct  in  persons,  and  in  names  ; 
The  Father  God,  and  God  the  Son. 

j  Then  let  the  name  of  Christ  our  King 
With  equal  honours  be  adorM ; 
His  praise  let  every  angel  sing, 
And  all  the  nations  own  the  Lord. 

HYMN  13.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Adoption. 

I      I  ESUS,  we  bless  thy  Father's  name  ; 
•J    Thy  God  and  ours  are  both  the  same  ; 
What  heavenly  blessings  from  his  throne 
Flow  down  to  sinners  through  his  Son  ! 

2,  "  Christ  be  my  first  elect,"  he  said, 

Then  chose  our  souls  in  Christ  our  head,* 
Before  he  gave  the  mountains  birth, 
Or  laid  foundations  for  the  earth. 

3  Thus  did  eternal  love  begin 

To  raise  us  up  from  death  and  sin ; 
Persons  and  characters  decreed, 
Blameless  in  love,  a  holy  seed. 

4  Predestinated  to  be  sons; 

Born  by  degrees,  but  chose  at  once  ; 


HYMN  XIII.  281 

A  new  regenerated  race, 
To  praise  the  glory  of  his  grace. 
5  With  Christ  our  Lord  we  share  our  part 
In  the  affections  of  his  heart ; 
Nor  shall  our  souls  be  thence  remov'd 
Till  he  forgets  his  first  belov'd. 

HYMN   13.     Fourth  Part.     S.  M. 
We  are  sons  of  God  by  adoption. 

1  "OEHOLD  what  wondrous  grace 
-D  The  Father  has  bestow'd 

On  sinners  of  a  mortal  race, 
To  call  them  sons  of  God  ! 

2  'Tis  no  surprising  thing, 
That  we  should  be  unknown  ; 

The  Jewish  world  knew  not  their  King, 
God's  everlasting  Son. 

3  Nor  doth  it  yet  appear 
How  great  we  must  be  made ; 

But  when  we  see  our  Saviour  here. 
We  shall  be  like  bur  head. 

4  A  hope  so  much  divine 
May  trials  well  endure ; 

May  purge  our  souls  from  sense  and  sin, 
As  Christ  the  Lord  is  pure. 

5  If  in  my  Father's  love, 
I  share  a  filial  part, 

Send  down  thy  Spirit  like  a  dove^ 
To  rest  upon  my  heart. 

6  We  would  no  longer  lie 

Like  slaves  beneath  the  throne  i- 
Our  faith  shall  Abba,  Father,  cry, 
And  thou  the  kindred  own. 

HYMN  13.     Fifth  Part.     CM. 
Jesus  is  our  Lord  and  Master. 

1    i^lOME,  ye  that  love  the  Saviour's  name? 
^  And  joy  to  make  it  known  ; 

24*- 


282  HYMN  XIV. 

The  Sovereign  of  your  hearts  proclaim, 
And  bow  before  his  throne. 

2  Behold  your  Lord,  your  Master  crown'd 

With  glories  all  divine  ; 
And  tell  the  wondering  nations  round, 
How  bright  those  glories  shine. 

3  Infinite  power,  and  boundless  grace, 

In  him  unite  their  rays  : 
You  that  have  e'er  beheld  his  face, 
Can  you  forbear  his  praise  ? 

4  When  in  his  earthly  courts  we  view 

The  glories  of  our  king; 
We  long  to  love  as  angels  do, 
And  wish  like  them  to  sing. 

3  And  shall  we  long  and  wish  in  vain  ? 
Lord,  teach  our  songs  to  rise  ! 
Thy  Jove  can  animate  the  strain, 
And  bid  it  reach  the  skies. 
6  O  happy  period !  glorious  day  ! 

When  heaven  and  earth  shall  raise, 
With  all  their  powers,  the  raptur'd  lay, 
To  celebrate  thy  praise. 

HYMN  14.     First  Part.     P.  M. 
The  eternal  Son  of  God  took  upon  him  the  very  nature  of  man, 

1  £^i  OD  with  us !  O  glorious  name  ! 
'-A   Let  it  shine  in  endless  fame  : 
God  and  man  in  Christ  unite ; 

O  mysterious  depth  and  height ! 

2  God  with  us !  the  eternal  Son 
Took  our  soul,  our  flesh,  and  bone  ; 
Now,  ye  saints,  his  grace  admire, 
Swell  the  song  with  holy  fire. 

3  God  with  us !  but  tainted  not 
With  the  first  transgressor's  blot ; 
Yet  did  he  our  sins  sustain, 
Bear  the  guilt,  the  curse,  the  pain. 


HYMN  XIV.  283 

4  God  with  us!  O  wondrous  grace ! 
Let  us  see  him  face  to  face  ; 
That  we  may  Immannel  sing 
As  we  ought,  our  God  and  King. 

HYMN   14.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  Birth  of  Christ. 

1  F¥10  us  a  child  is  horn  from  heav'n  ; 

-*-    To  us  the  Son  of  God  is  giv'n ; 
Gentiles  in  Jesus'  name  shall  trust, 
And  of  his  glories  make  their  boast : 

2  His  name  the  Wonderful  shall  be ; 

His  wonders  heav'n  and  earth  shall  see :' 
The  Counsellor  of  truth  and  grace, 
Who  leads  in  paths  of  righteousness. 

3  The  Mighty  God,  that  glorious  name, 
His  works  and  word  join  to  proclaim  : 
The  Evertasting  Father,  He  ; 

And  the  whole  church  his  familv. 

•/ 

4  The  Prince  of  Peace,  on  David's  throne, 
And  nations  yet  unborn,  shall  own 

His  sovereign  and  his  gracious  sway; 
Glad  of  the  honour  to  obey. 

5  Justice  and  Judgment  he'll  maintain ; 
.  To  everlasting  ages  reign  : 

And  his  blest  empire  shall  increase, 
'Till  time,  with  all  its  movements  cease. 

6  Our  faith  in  grateful  triumpli  boasts 
These  wonders  of  the  Lord  of  Hosts  : 
And  trusts  the  love  that  form'd  the  plan 
To  perfect  what  that  love  began. 

HYMN    14.      Third  Part.     S.  M. 
The  incarnation. 

I   ^LTE  saints,  proclaim  abroad 
-■-    The  honours  of  your  king  ; 
To  Jesus  your  incarnate  God, 
Your  songs  of  praises  sing. 


284  HYMN  XIV. 

2  Not  angels,  round  the  throne 
Of  majesty  above, 

Are  half  so  much  oblig'd  as  we, 
To  our  ImmanuePs  love. 

3  They  never  sunk  so  low, 
They  are  not  rais'd  so  high  ; 

They  never  knew  such  depths  of  woe,.. 
Such  heights  of  majesty. 

4  The  Saviour  did  not  join 
Their  nature  to  his  own; 

For  them  he  shed  no  blood  divine, 
Nor  breath'd  a  single  groan. 

5  May  we  with  angels  vie, 
The  Saviour  to  adore  ; 

Our  debts  are  greater  far  than  theirs, 
O  be  our  praises  more ! 

HYMN   14.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Jesus  come  to  save  Si?iners. 

1  ¥¥ARK  the  glad  sound !  the  Saviour's 
«■■-■•  The  Saviour  promis'd  long !  [come r 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne, 

And  every  voice  a  song. 

2  On  him  the  Spirit  largely  pour'd 

Exerts  its  sacred  fire  ; 
Wisdom  and  might,  and  zeal  and  love 
His  holy  breast  inspire. 

3  He  comes  the  prisoners  to  release, 

In  satan's  bondage  held ; 
The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

4  He  comes  from  thickest  films  of  vice 

To  clear  the  mental  ray, 
And  on  the  eye-balls  of  the  blind, 
To  pour  celestial  day. 
0  He  comes  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 
The  bleeding  soul  to  cure; 


HYMN  XV,  285 

And  with  his  righteousness  and  grace 
T'  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

6  His  gospel  trumpets  publish  loud 

The  jubilee  of  the  Lord ; 
His  people  are  redeemed  now, 
Their  heritage  restored. 

7  Our  glad  Hosannas,  Prince  of  peace, 

Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim  ; 
And  heav'n's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 

HYMN  14.     Fifth  Part.     CM. 
God  reconciled  in  Christ. 

1  T\EAREST  of  all  the  names  above, 
-"-J  My  Jesus,  and  my  God, 

Who  can  resist  thy  heavenly  love, 
Or  trifle  with  thy  blood  ? 

2  'Tis  by  the  merits  of  thy  death 

The  Father  smiles  again  ;     » 

'Tis  by  thine  interceding  breath, 

The  Spirit  dwells  with  men. 

3  'Till  God  in  human  flesh  I  see, 

My  thoughts  no  comfort  find  ; 
The  holy,  jusl,  and  sacred  Three 
Are  terrors  to  my  mind. 

1  But  if  Imrrianuel's  face  appear, 
My  hope,  my  joy  begins ; 
His  name  forbids  my  slavish  fear, 
His  grace  removes  my  sins. 
5  While  Jews  on  their  own  law  rely, 
And  Greeks  of  wisdom  boast ; 
I  love  th'  Incarnate  Mystery, 
And  there  I  fix  my  trust. 

HYMN  15.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
He  suffered. 

1   f\  LORD,  when  faith  with  fixed  eyes 
"  Beholds  thy  wondrous  sacrifice. 


286  HYMN  XV. 

Love  rises  to  an  ardent  flame, 
And  we  *all  other  hope  disclaim. 

2  With  cold  affections  who  can  see 

The  thorns,  the  scourge,  the  nails,  the  tree, 
The  flowing  tears,  and  crimson  sweat, 
The  bleeding  hands,  and  head,  and  feet ! 

3  Jesus,  what  millions  of  our  race 
Have  been  the  triumphs  of  thy  grace ! 
And  millions  more  to  thee  shall  fly, 
And  on  thy  sacrifice  rely. 

4  The  sorrow,  shame  and  death  were  thine, 
And  all  the  stores  of  wrath  divine! 
Ours  are  the  pardon,  life  and  bliss : 
What  love  can  be  compared  to  this  ! 

HYMN  15.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
He  was  crucified. 

1  CTRETCH'D  on  the  cross  the  Saviour 
^  Hark  !  his  expiring  groans  arise  !    [dies, 
See,  from  his  hands,  his  feet,  his  side, 
Runs  down  the  sacred  crimson  tide ! 

2  Believers  now,  behold  the  man ! 

The  man  of  grief  condemn'd  for  you, 
The  lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slain, 
Weeping  to  Calvary  pursue. 

3  His  sacred  limbs,  they  pierce,  they  tear, 
With  nails  they  fasten  to  the  wood ; 
His  sacred  limbs !  expos'd  and  bare, 
Or  only  cover' d  with  his  blood. 

4  See  there  !  his  temples  crown'd  with  thorns, 
His  bleeding  hands  extended  wide, 

His  streaming  feet  transfix'd  and  torn, 
The  fountain  gushing  from  his  side. 

5  Thou  dear,  thou  sufTring  Son  of  God, 
How  doth  thy  heart  to  sinners  move  ! 
Sprinkle  on  us  thy  precious  blood, 
Constrain  us  with  thy  dying  love  ! 


HYMN  XV.  2£7 

HYMM  15.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
It  is  Christ  that  died. 

SINNERS  rejoice,  'tis  Christ  that  died  : 
Behold  the  blood  flows  from  his  side, 
To  wash  your  souls  and  raise  you  high, 
To  dwell  with  God  above  the  sky ! 

'Tis  Christ  that  died,  O  love  divine  ! 
Here  mercy,  truth,  and  justice  shine  ; 
God  reconcil'd,  and  sinners  bought 
With  Jesus'  blood — how  sweet  the  thought ! 

'Tis  Christ  that  died,  a  truth  indeed, 
On  which  my  faith  would  ever  feed ; 
Nor  let  the  works  that  I  perform 
Be  nam'd,  to  swell  an  haughty  worm. 

'Tis  Christ  that  died,  'tis  Christ  was  slain, 
To  save  my  soul  from  endless  pain  ; 
'Tis  Christ  that  died  shall  be  my  theme, 
While  1  have  breath  to  praise  his  name. 

HYMN  16.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Christ  must  die  to  satisfy  for  our  sins. 

IMMORTAL  God,  on  thee  we  call, 
The  great  original  of  all ; 
Thro'  thee  we  are,  to  thee  we  tend, 
Our  sure  support,  our  glorious  end. 

We  praise  that  wise  mysterious  grace, 
That  pitied  our  revolted  race, 
And  Jesus,  our  great  cov'nant-head, 
The  captain  of  salvation  made. 
Thy  justice  doom'd  that  he  must  die, 
Who  for  our  sins  would  satisfy  : 
His  death  was  therefore  fix'd  of  old, 
And  in  thy  word  of  truth  foretold. 

A  scene  of  wonders  here  we  see, 
Worthy  thy  son,  and  worthy  thee  ; 
And  while  this  theme  employs  our  tongues, 
\11  heav'n  unites  its  sweetest  songs. 


288  HYMN  XVI. 

HYMM   16:     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Behold  the  Lamb  of  God. 

1  ¥>EHOLD  the  sin-atoning  Lamb, 
-f  With  wonder,  gratitude,  and  love  ! 
To  take  away  our  guilt  and  shame, 
See  him  descending  from  above. 

2  Our  sins  and  griefs  on  him  were  laid  ; 
He  meekly  bore  the  mighty  load  : 
Our  ransom-price  he  fully  paid, 

In  groans  and  tears,  in  sweat  and  blood. 

3  To  save  his  guilty  church,  he  dies  ; 
Mourners  behold  the  bleeding  Lamb  I 
To  him  lift  up  your  longing  eyes, 
And  hope  for  mercy  in  his  name. 

4  Pardon  and  peace  thro'  him  abound  ; 
He  can  the  richest  blessings  give  : 
Salvation  in  his  name  is  found  ; 

He  bids  the  dying  sinner  live. 

5  Jesus  my  Lord,  i  look  to  thee  ; 
Where  else  can  helpless  sinners  go  ? 
Thy  boundless  love  shall  set  me  free 
From  all  my  wretchedness  and  woe. 

HYMN   16.     Third  Part.     CM. 
Christ  sustained  the  pains  of  hell. 

1  A  ND  did  the  holy  and  the  just, 
-™-  The  Sovereign  of  the  skies, 
Stoop  down  to  wretchedness  and  dust, 

That  guilty  worms  might  rise  ? 

2  Yes,  the  Redeemer  in  his  soul 

Sustain'd  the  pains  of  hell  : 
The  wrath  of  God  without  control, 
On  him  our  surety  fell. 

3  He  took  the  dying  sinner's  place, 

And  suffer' d  in  his  stead  ; 
For  man,  (O  miracle  of  grace  !) 
For  man  the  Saviour  bled  ! 


HYMN  XVI.  289 

4  Dear  Lord,  what  heavenly  wonders  dwell 

In  thy  atoning  blood  ! 
By  this  are  sinners  snatch'd  from  hell, 
And  rebels  brought  to  God. 

5  Jesus,  my  soul  adoring  bends, 

To  love  so  full,  so  free; 
And  may  I  hope  that  love  extends 
Its  sacred  power  to  me  ? 

6  What  glad  return  can  I  impart 

For  favours  so  divine  ? 
O  take  my  all — this  worthless  heart, 
And  make  it  only  thine. 

HYMN   16.     Fourth   Part.     C.  TM. 
Blessed  are  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord. 

I   ¥¥EAR  what  the  voice  from  heaven  pro- 
" -B-  For  all  the  pious  dead  ;  [claims 

1  Sweet  is  the  savour  of  their  names, 

And  soft  their  sleeping  bed. 

2  They  die  in  Jesus  and  are  bless'd ; 

How  kind  their  slumbers  are  ! 
From  sufferings  and  from  sin  releas'd, 
And  freed  from  every  snare. 

3  Far  from  this  world  of  toil  and"  strife, 

They're  present  with  the  Lord  ; 
The  labours  of  their  mortal  life 
End  in  a  large  reward. 

HYMN  16.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
Tfie  saints  rest  in  their  grave. 

1  £JAINTS  in  their  graves  lie  down  in  peace, 
^  No  more  by  sin  or  hell  opprest; 

The  wicked  there  from  troubling  cease, 
And  there  the  weary  are  at  rest. 

2  Thrice  happy  souls  who're  gone  before 
To  that  inheritance  divine  ! 

They  labour,  sorrow,  sigh  no  more, 
But  bright  in  endless  glory  shine, 
25 


290  HYMN  XVI. 

3  There  shall  we  join  the  blissful  throng, 
And  meet  our  dearest  friends  again  ; 
And  all  eternity,  our  song 
To  Jesus  raise,  and  with  him  reign. 

HYMN  16.     Sixth  Part.     S.  M. 
Triumph  over  death. 

1  AND  must  this  body  die  ? 
-«-  This  mortal  frame  decay  ? 

And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine, 
Lie  mouldering  in  the  clay  ? 

2  Corruption,  earth,  and  worms 
Shall  but  refine  this  flesh ; 

'Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes, 
To  put  it  on  afresh. 

3  God,  my  Redeemer,  lives, 
And  often  from  the  skies 

Looks  down  and  watches  o'er  my  dust, 
'Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 

4  Array 'd  in  glorious  grace, 
Shall  these  vile  bodies  shine  ; 

And  every  shape,  and  every  face, 
Look  heavenly  and  divine. 

5  These  lively  hopes  we  owe 
To  Jesus'  dying  love  : 

We  would  adore  his  grace  below, 
And  sing  his  power  above. 

6  Dear  Lord  !  accept  the  praise 
Of  these  our  humble  songs, 

'Till  tunes  of  nobler  sound  we  raise, 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 

HYMN  16.     Seventh  Part.     C.  M. 
The  prospect  of  Heaven  makes  death  easy  to  a  Believer. 

1    npHERE  is  aland  of  pure  delight, 
-*-    Where  saints  immortal  reign  ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 


HYMN  XVII.  291 

There  everlasting  spring  abides, 

And  never-withering  flowers : 
Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 

This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 
Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood. 

Stand  dress'd  in  living  green  ; 
So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 

While  Jordan  rollVl  between. 

But  timorous  mortals  start  and  shrink, 

To  cross  this  narrow  sea  ; 
And  linger,  shivering  on  the  brink, 

And  fear  to  launch  away. 
O  1  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 

These  gloomy  doubts  that  rise, 
And  see  the  Canaan  that  we  love, 

With  unbeclouded  eyes  ! 
Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood. 

And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 
Not  Jordan's  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood 

Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

HYMN  17.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  resurrection  of  Christ. 

TI1IS Jlnish' 'd,  the  Redeemer  cries  ; 

-*-    Then  lowly  bows  his  fainting  head  : 
And  soon  the  expiring  sacrifice 
Sinks  to  the  regions  of  the  dead. 
'  Tis  done — the  mighty  work  is  done  ! 
For  men  or  angels  much  too  great ; 
Which  none  but  God's  eternal  Son, 
Or  would  attempt,  or  could  complete. 
''Tis  done — old  things  are  past  away, 
And  a  new  state  of  things  begun  ; 
A  kingdom  which  shall  ne'er  decay, 
But  shall  outlast  the  circling  sun. 
A  new  account  of  time  begins  ; 
Now  our  dear  Lord  resumes  his  breath, 


292  HYMN  XVII. 

Charg'd  with  our  sorrows  and  our  sins>, 
Our  Jives  to  ransom  by  his  death. 

5  Once  he  was  dead,  but  now  he  reigns, 
He  lives,  he  lives,  he  lives  again  : 
Let's  tell  our  joys  in  pious  strains, 
And  spread  the  glory  of  his  name. 

HYMN  17.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 

J  know  that  my  Redeemer  livclh. 

2   T  KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives; 

*  What  comfort  this  sweet  sentence  gives  ! 
He  lives,  he  lives,  who  once  was  dead, 
He  lives  my  ever  living  head  ! 

2  He  lives  triumphant  from  the  grave, 
He  lives  eternally  to  save  ; 

He  lives  all  glorious  in  the  sky, 
He  lives  exalted  there  on  high. 

3  He  lives  to  bless  me  with  his  love, 
He  lives  to  plead  for  me  above  ; 
He  lives  my  hungry  soul  to  feed, 
He  lives  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

4  He  lives  to  grant  me  rich  supply, 
He  lives  to  guide  me  with  his  eye  ; 
He  lives  to  comfort  me  when  faint, 
He  lives  to  hear  my  soul's  complaint. 

3  He  lives  to  silence  all  my  fears, 
He  lives  to  stop  and  wipe  my  tears  ; 
He  lives  to  calm  my  troubled  heart, 
He  lives  all  blessings  to  impart* 

6  He  lives  my  kind,  wise,  heavenly  friend. 
He  lives  and  loves  me  to  the  end  ; 
He  lives,  and  while  he  lives  I'll  sing, 
He  lives  my  prophet,  priest,  and  king. 

7  He  lives  and  grants  me  daily  breath. 
He  lives,  and  I  shall  conquer  death ; 
He  lives  my  mansion  to  prepare, 
He  lives  to  bring  me  safely  there 


HYMN  XVIII.  293 

$  He  lives,  all  glory  to  his  name  ! 
He  lives,  my  Jesus,  still  the  same  ; 

0  the  sweet  joy  this  sentence  gives, 

1  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives. 

HYMN  18.     First  Part.  L.  M. 
He  ascended  into  heaven. 

1  f~^UR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead, 
■^J  Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high; 
The  pow'rs  of  hell  are  captive  led, 
Dragg'd  to  the  portals  of  the  sky. 

2  There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay; 

"  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heav'nly  gates, 
"  Ye  everlasting  doors*  give  way  I" 

3  Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  the  radiant  scene : 
He  claims  those  mansions  as  his  right*. 
Receive  the  King  of  glory  in. 

4  "  Who  is  the  King  of  glory,  who  Vr 
The  Lord  that  all  his  foes  o'ercame, 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell  overthrew* 
And  Jesus  is  the  conq'ror's  name. 

5  Lo  !  his  triumphant  chariot  wraits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay, 

"  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates  f 
"  Ye  everlasting  doors  give  way  I" 

6  "  Who  is  the  King  of  glory,  who  ?" 
The  Lord  of  boundless  power  possest* 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too, 
God  over  all,  for  ever  blest. 

HYMN   18.     Second  Part..    L.  M. 
Forerunner. 

1  TC^AR,  far  beyond  these  lower  skies3 
-■^     Up  to  the  glories  all  his  own, 
Where  we  by  faith  lift  up  our  eyes, 
There  Jesus,  our  Forerunner's,  gone 

25* 


294  HYMN  XIX. 

2  Amidst  the  shining  hosts  above, 

Where  his  blest  smile  new  pleasure  gives, 
Where  all  is  wonder,  joy,  and  love, 
There  Jesus,  our  Forerunner,  lives. 

3  Before  his  heavenly  Father's  face, 
For  every  saint  he  intercedes; 
And  with  infallible  success, 

There  Jesus,  our  Forerunner,  pleads. 

4  We  shall,  when  we  in  heaven  appear 
His  praises  sing,  his  wonders  tell ; 
And  with  our  great  Forerunner  there, 
For  ever  and  for  ever  dwell. 

HYMN  18.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  presence,  glory,  and  power  of  Christ 

1  "O^lTH  transport, Lord,  our  souls  proclaim 

*  *     The  immortal  honours  of  thy  name : 
Although  ascended  to  thy  throne, 
Thou  still  art  present  with  thine  own. 

2  High  on  his  Father's  royal  seat, 
Our  Jesus  shone  divinely  great ; 

Ere  Adam's  clay  with  life  was  warm'd, 
Or  Gabriel's  nobler  spirit  form'd. 

3  Through  all  succeeding  ages,  he 

The  same  hath  been — -the  same  shall  be ; 
Immortal  radiance  gilds  his  head, 
While  stars  and  suns  wax  old,  and  fade. 
A  The  same  his  power  his  flock  to  guard ; 
The  same  his  bounty  to  reward; 
The  same  his  faithfulness  and  love, 
To  saints  on  earth  and  saints  above. 

5  Let  nature  change,  and  sink,  and  die; 
Jesus  shall  raise  his  chosen  high; 
And  fix  them  near  his  heavenly  throne, 
In  glory  changeless  as  his  own. 

HYMN  19.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
He  sitteth  at  the  right  hand  of  God. 

t     J  ESUS  the  Lord  our  souls  adore, 
»    A  painful  sufFrer  now  no  more ; 


EYMN  XIX.  295 

At  the  right  hand  of  God  he  reigns 
O'er  earth,  and  heaven's  extensive  plains. 
His  race  for  ever  is  complete  ; 
For  ever  undisturh'd  his  seat : 
Myriads  of  angels  round  him  fly, 
And  sing  his  well-gain'd  victory. 

Yet  'midst  the  honours  of  his  throne. 
He  joys  not  for  himself  alone; 
His  meanest  servants  share  their  part, 
Share  in  that  royal  tender  heart. 

Raise,  raise,  my  soul,  thy  raptur'd  sight 
With  sacred  wonder  and  delight ; 
Jesus  at  God's  right  hand  now  see, 
Enter'd  within  the  veil  for  thee. 

HYMN   19.  Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Christ  is  the  head  of  his  church. 

JESUS,  we  sing  thy  matchless  grace^ 
That  calls  poor  worms  thy  own ; 
Give  us  among  thy  saints  a  place, 

To  make  thy  glories  known. 
As  one  in  thee,  our  vital  head, 

We  live,  and  grow,  and  thrive 
From  thee  divided,  each  is  dead, 

When  most  he  seems  alive. 
Thy  saints  on  earth,  and  those  above 

Here  join  in  sweet  accord  : 
One  body  all  in  mutual  love, 

And  thou,  our  head  and  Lord. 

O  may  our  faith  each  hour  derive 

Thy  Spirit  with  delight ; 
While  death  and  hell  in  vain  shall  strive 

This  bond  to  disunite. 

Thou  the  whole  body  will  present 

Before  thy  Father's  face  ; 
Nor  shall  a  wrinkle  or  a  spot 

Its  beauteous  form  disgrace. 


296  HYMN  XIX. 

HYMN   19.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Christ  will  come  to  judge  the  world. 

1  TWDW  to  the  Lord  that  made  us  know 
-a^    The  wonders  of  his  dying  love, 
Be  humble  honours  paid  below, 

And  strains  of  nobler  praise  above. 

2  'Twas  he  that  cleans'd  our  foulest  sins, 
And  wash'd  us  in  his  richest  blood  ; 
'Tis  he  that  makes  us  priests  and  kings. 
And  brings  us  rebels  near  to  God. 

3  To  Jesus,  our  atoning  Priest, 
To  Jesus,  our  superior  King, 
Be  everlasting  power  confess'd 
And  every  tongue  his  glory  sing, 

4  Behold,  on  flying  clouds  he  comes, 
And  every  eye  shall  see  his  face  ; 
Though  with  our  sins  we  pierc'd  him  once ; 
He  now  displays  his  pard'ning  grace. 

5  The  unbelieving  world  shall  wail, 
While  we  rejoice  to  see  the  day ; 
Come,  Lord  !  nor  let  thy  promise  fail, 
JVor  let  thy  chariots  long  delay. 

HYMN   19.     FotirthPart.     P.M. 
Day  of  Judgment. 

1  TV^Y  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders! 
*-*  Hark  !  the  trumpet's  awful  sound, 
Louder  than  a  thousand  thunders, 

Shakes  the  vast  creation  round ! 
How  the  summons 
Will  the  sinner's  heart  confound ! 

2  See  the  judge  our  nature  wearing, 

Cloth'd  in  majesty  divine! 
You  who  long  for  his  appearing, 

Then  shall  say,  "  This  God  is  mine  ; 
"  Gracious  Saviour, 
"  Own  me  in  that  day  for  thine  L" 


HYMN  XIX.  297 

3  At  his  call,  the  dead  awaken, 

Rise  to  life  from  earth  and  sea ; 
All  the  powers  of  nature,  shaken 

By  his  looks,  prepare  to  flee: 
Careless  sinner, 
What  will  then  become  of  thee  ? 

4  Horrors  past  imagination, 

Will  surprise  your  trembling  heart, 
When  you  hear  your  condemnation, 

"  Hence,  accursed  wretch,  depart  L 
"  Thou  with  satan 
"  And  his  angels,  have  thy  part !? 
3  But  to  those  who  have  confessed, 

Lov'd  and  serv'd  the  Lord  below; 
He  will  say,  "  Come  near,  ye  blessed, 

"  See  the  kingdom  I  bestow : 
"  You  for  ever 
"  Shall  my  love  and  glory  know." 

0  Under  sorrow  and  reproaches, 

May  this  thought  our  courage  raise ! 
Swiftly  God's  great  day  approaches, 

Sighs  shall  then  be  chang'd  to  praise  :• 
May  we  triumph 
When  the  world  is  in  a  blaze. 

HYMN  19.     Fifth  Part.     P.  M. 
Lo,  he  cometh. 

1  T  O  !  he  cometh!  countless  trumpets 
-i-^  Blow  to  raise  the  sleeping  dead  ; 
Midst  ten  thousand  saints  and  angels 

See  their  great  exalted  head. 
Hallelujah, 
Welcome,  welcome,  Son  of  God ! 

2  Now  his  merit,  by  the  harpers, 

Through  the  eternal  deep  resounds ; 
Now  resplendent  shine  his  nail-prints, 

Every  eye  shall  see  his  wounds  : 
They  who  pierc'd  him 
Shall  at  his  appearance  waik 


298  HYMN  XX. 

3  Full  of  joyful  expectation, 

Saints  behold  the  Judge  appear! 
Truth  and  justice  go  before  him, 

Now  the  joyful  sentence  hear : 
Hallelujah, 
Welcome,  welcome,  Judge  divine ! 

4  "  Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father, 

"  Enter  into  life  and  joy  : 
-"  Banish  all  your  fears  and  sorrows, 

"  Endless  praise  be  your  employ  :v 
Hallelujah, 

Welcome,  welcome  to  the  skies. 
3  Now  at  once  they  rise  to  glory, 

Jesus  brings  them  as  their  King  ; 
There,  with  all  the  hosts  of  heaven, 

They  eternal  anthems  sing  : 
Hallelujah, 
Boundless  glory  to  the  J^amb. 

HYMN  20.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

God  the  Holy  Ghost. 

1  INTERNAL  Spirit!  we  confess 

*~A  And  sing  the  wonders  of  thy  grace  -} 
Thy  power  conveys  our  blessings  down 
From  God  the  Father  and  the  Son, 

2  Enlightened  by  thine  heavenly  ray, 
Our  shades  and  darkness  turn  to  day; 
We  learn  the  meaning  of  thy  word, 
And  find  salvation  in  the  Lord. 

3  Thy  power  and  glory  work  within, 
And  break  the  chains  of  reigning  sin  x 
Our  wild  imperious  lusts  subdue, 
And  form  our  wretched  hearts  anew. 

4  The  troubled  conscience  knows  thy  voice, 
Thy  cheering  words  awake  our  joys ; 
Thy  words  allay  the  stormy  wind, 

And  calm  the  surges  of  the  mind. 


HYMN  XX.  299 

HYMN  20.     Seco7id  Part.     L.  M. 
The  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit  experienced. 

DEAR  Lord,  and  shall  thy  Spirit  rest 
In  such  a  wretched  heart  as  mine  ? 
Unworthy  dwelling !  glorious  Guest ! 
Favour  astonishing,  divine ! 
When  sin  prevails,  and  gloomy  fear, 
And  hope  almost  expires  in  night, 
Lord,  can  thy  Spirit  then  be  here, 
Great  spring  of  comfort,  life  and  light! 

Sure  the  blest  Comforter  is  nigh; 
'Tis  he  sustains  my  fainting  heart ; 
Else  would  my  hopes  forever  die, 
And  every  cheering  ray  depart. 

When  some  kind  promise  glads  my  soul, 
Do  I  not  find  his  healing  voice 
The  tempest  of  my  fears  control, 
And  bid  my  drooping  powers  rejoice? 
Whene'er  to  call  the  Saviour  mine, 
With  ardent  wish  my  heart  aspires ; 
Can  it  be  less  than  power  divine, 
Which  animates  these  strong  desires  ? 

What  less  than  thine  almighty  word 
Can  raise  my  heart  from  earth  and  dust ; 
And  bid  me  cleave  to  thee,  my  Lord, 
My  life,  my  treasure,  and  my  trust  ? 

And  when  my  cheerful  hope  can  say, 

"  I  love  my  God,  and  taste  his  grace ;" 

Lord,  is  it  not  thy  blissful  ray, 

Which  brings  this  dawn  of  sacred  peace  1 

Let  thy  kind  Spirit  in  my  heart, 

For  ever  dwell,  O  God  of  love ; 

And  light  and  heavenly  peace  impart, 

Sweet  earnest  of  the  joys  above. 

HYMN  20.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Breathing  after  the  Holy  Spirit. 

GOME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 


300  HYMN  XXI. 

Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 

2  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 

Fond  of  these  trifling  toys ; 
Our  souls  can  neither  fly  nor  go, 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 

In  vain  we  strive  to  rise, 
Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

1  Dear  Lord  !  and  shall  we  ever  live 
At  this  poor,  dying  rate  ? 
Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  screat  ? 

5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers, 
Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

HYMN  21.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
The  Church. 

1  GJHOUT,  for  the  blessed  Jesus  reigns, 
£3  Thro'  distant  lands  his  triumphs  spread  ; 
And  sinners,  freed  from  endless  pains, 
Own  him  their  Saviour  and  their  head. 

2  He  calls  his  chosen,  from  afar, 
They  all  at  Zion's  gate  arrive ; 
Those  who  were  dead  in  sin  before, 
By  sovereign  grace  are  made  alive, 

3  Gentiles  and  Jews  his  laws  obey, 
Nations  remote  their  offerings  bring, 
And  unconstrained,  their  homage  pay 
To  their  exalted  God  and  king. 

4  O  may  his  holy  Church  increase, 
His  word  and  Spirit  still  prevail ; 
While  angels  celebrate  his  praise, 
And  saints  his  growing  glories  hail ! 


HYMN  XXL  301 

5  Loud  hallelujahs  to  the  Lamb, 
From  all  below  and  all  above ; 
In  lofty  songs  exalt  his  name, 
In  songs,  as  lasting  as  his  love. 

HYMN  21.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Election  sovereign  and  free. 

1  "OEHOLD  the  potter  and  the  clay ! 
-O  He  forms  his  vessel  as  he  please  : 
Such  is  our  God,  and  such  are  we, 
The  subjects  of  his  just  decrees. 

2  Doth  not  the  workman's  power  extend 
O'er  all  the  mass,  which  part  to  choose, 
And  mould  it  for  a  nobler  end, 

And  which  to  leave  for  viler  use  ? 

3  May  not  the  sovereign  Lord  on  high 
Dispense  his  favours  as  he  will ; 
Choose  some  to  life,  while  others  die  ; 
And  yet  be  just  and  glorious  still  ? 

4  What  if  to  make  his  terror  known, 
He  lets  his  patience  long  endure, 
Suffering  vile  rebels  to  go  on, 

And  seal  their  own  destruction  sure ! 

5  What,  if  he  means  to  show  his  grace, 
And  his  electing  love  employs 

To  mark  out  some  of  mortal  race, 
And  form  them  fit  for  heavenly  joys  ? 

6  Shall  man  reply  against  the  Lord, 
And  call  his  Maker's  ways  unjust ; 
The  thunder  of  whose  dreadful  word 
Can  crush  a  thousand  worlds  to  dust  ? 

7  But,  O  my  soul,  if  truth  so  bright 
Should  dazzle  and  confound  thy  sight ; 
Yet  still  his  written  will  obey, 

And  wait  the  great  decisive  day. 

8  Then  shall  he  make  his  justice  known ; 
And  the  whole  world,  before  his  throne 

26 


302  HYMN  XXI. 

With  joy,  or  terror,  shall  confess 
The  glory  of  his  righteousness. 

HYMN  21.     Third  Part.     S.  M. 
Communion  of  Saints. 

1  TJLEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
-D  Our  hearts  in  christian  love: 

The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 

2  Before  our  Father's  throne 
We  pour  our  ardent  prayers ; 

Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one, 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

3  We  share  our  mutual  woes ; 
Our  mutual  burdens  bear; 

And  often  for  each  other  flows 
The  sympathizing  tear. 

4  We're  one  in  Christ  our  head, 
In  him  we  grow,  and  thrive  ; 

Nor  will  he  leave  us  with  the  dead, 
While  he  remains  alive. 

5  This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way ; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
And  sin  we  shall  be  free ; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 

HYMN  21.     Fourth  Part.     S.  M. 
Christian  love. 

1  5    ET  party-names  no  more 

-■-^  The  Christian  world  o'erspread; 
Gentile  and  Jew,  and  bond  and  free, 
Are  one  in  Christ  their  head. 

2  Among  the  saints  on  earth 
Let  mutual  love  be  found  ; 


HYMN  XXI.  303 

Heirs  of  the  same  inheritance, 

With  mutual  blessings  crown'd. 

3  Let  envy,  child  of  hell ! 
Be  banish'd  far  away ; 

Those  should  in  strictest  friendship  dwell, 
Who  the  same  Lord  obey. 

4  Thus  will  the  church  below 
Resemble  that  above, 

Where  streams  of  pleasure  ever  flow, 
And  every  heart  is  love. 

HYMN  21.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
Forgiveness  of  sins. 

1  TjlORGIVENESS!  'tis  a  joyful  sound, 
-T    To  sinners  doom'd  to  death  and  painsr; 
The  blood  of  Christ  heals  ev'ry  wound, 
And  washes  from  the  foulest  stains. 

2  'Tis  the  rich  gift  of  love  divine  : 
'Tis  full,  out  measuring  ev'ry  crime: 
Unclouded  shall  its  glories  shine, 
And  feel  no  change  by  changing  time. 

3  O'er  sins  unbounded  as  the  sand, 
And  like  the  mountains  for  their  size, 
The  seas  of  sovereign  grace  expand; 
The  seas  of  sovereign  grace  arise. 

t  For  this  stupendous  love  of  heaven, 
What  grateful  honours  shall  we  show; 
Where  much  transgression  is  forgiven, 
Love  should  with  fervent  ardours  glow. 
HYMN  21.     Sixth  Part.     L.  M. 
Seeking  pardon, 

1  | '  ORD,  at  thy  feet  I  prostrate  fall, 
•"-*  Opprest  with  fears,  to  thee  1  call : 
Reveal  thy  pard'ning  love  to  me, 

And  set  my  captive  spirit  free. 

2  Hast  thou  not  said,  "  Seek  ye  my  face  P5 
The  invitation  1  embrace  ; 


304  HYMN  X.XI1. 

I'll  seek  thy  face  ;  thy  Spirit  give ! 
O  let  me  see  thy  face,  and  live. 

3  I'll  seek  thy  face  with  cries  and  tears, 
With  secret  sighs  and  fervent  prayers ; 
And  if  not  heard,  I'll  waiting  sit, 
And  perish  at  my  Saviour's  feet. 

4  But  canst  thou,  Lord,  behold  my  pain, 
And  bid  me  seek  thy  face  in  vain  ! 
Thou  wilt  not,  canst  not  me  deceive, 
The  soul  that  seeks  thy  face  shall  live. 

HYMN  22.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Resurrection  of  the  dead. 

1  "DLEST  Jesus,  source  of  every  grace, 
■Wl  From  far  to  view  thy  smiling  face, 
While  absent  thus  by  faith  we  live, 
Exceeds  all  joys  that  earth  can  give. 

2  But  O !  what  extacy  unknown 

Fills  the  wide  circle  round  thy  throne, 
Where  every  rapt'rous  hour  appears 
Nobler  than  millions  of  our  years  ! 

3  Millions  by  millions  multiplied, 

Shall  ne'er  thy  saints  from  thee  divide ; 
But  the  bright  legions  live  and  praise 
Through  all  thy  own  immortal  days. 

4  O  happy  dead,  in  thee  that  sleep, 

While  o'er  their  mouldering  dust  we  weep  I 
O  faithful  Saviour,  who  shalt  come 
That  dust  to  ransom  from  the  tomb ! 

3  While  thine  unerring  hand  imparts 
So  rich  a  cordial  to  our  hearts, 
Through  tears  our  triumphs  shall  be  shown, 
Tho'  round  their  graves,  and  near  our  own. 

HYMN  22.     Second  Part.     CM. 
A  prospect  of  the  resurrection. 

1   ITOW  long  shall  death,  the  tyrant,  reign 
M.M.  And  triumph  o'er  the  just : 


HYMN  XXII.  305 

While  the  rich  blood  of  martyrs  slain, 
Lies  mingled  with  the  dust ! 

2  Faith  sees  the  Lord  of  glory  come, 

And  flaming  guards  around ; 
The  skies  divide  to  make  him  room, 
The  trumpet  shakes  the  ground. 

3  Faith  hears  the  voice,  "  Ye  dead,  arise  P* 

And  lo,  the  graves  obey ; 
And  waking  saints  with  joyful  eyes 
Salute  th'  expected  day. 

4  They  leave  the  dust,  and  on  the  wing 

Rise  to  the  midway  air  ; 
In  shining  garments  meet  their  King, 
And  low  adore  him  there. 

')  O  may  our  humble  spirits  stand 
Among  them  cloth'd  in  white ! 
The  meanest  place  at  his  right  hand 
Is  infinite  delight. 

6  How  will  our  joy  and  wonder  rise, 
When  our  returning  King 
Shall  bear  us  homeward  through  the  skies, 
On  love's  triumphant  wing! 

HYMN  22.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Life  everlasting. 

1  A  MAZING  grace !  how  sweet  the  sound, 
-™-  That  sav'd  a  wretch  like  me  ! 

I  once  was  lost,  but  now  am  found, 
Wras  blind,  but  now  I  see. 

2  'Twas  grace  that  taught  my  heart  to  fear, 

And  grace  my  fears  reliev'd  ; 
How  precious  did  that  grace  appear, 
The  hour  I  first  believ'd ! 

3  Through  many  dangers,  toils  and  snares^ 

I  have  already  come  : 
'Tis  grace  has  brought  me  safe  thus  far, 
And  grace  will  lead  me  home. 
26* 


306  HYMN  XXII. 

4  The  Lord  has  promis'd  good  to  me, 

His  word  my  hope  secures  ; 
He  will  my  shield  and  portion  be, 
As  long  as  life  endures. 

5  Yes,  when  this  flesh  and  heart  shall  fail, 

And  mortal  life  shall  cease ; 
i  shall  possess  within  the  veil, 
A  life  of  joy  and  peace. 

6  There  joys  unseen  by  mortal  eyes, 

Or  reason's  feeble  ray, 
In  ever  blooming  prospects  rise, 
Unconscious  of  decay. 

7  Then  now,  on  faith's  subiimest  wing, 

Let  ardent  wishes  rise,  [spring, 

To  those  bright  scenes  where   pleasures 
Immortal  in  the  skies. 

HYMN  32.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Hope  of  heaven. 

1  ^IfHAT  have  I  in  this  barren  land  ? 

▼  ▼     My  Jesus  is  not  here  ; 
Mine  eyes  will  ne'er  be  blest,  until 
My  Jesus  doth  appear. 

2  My  Jesus  is  gone  up  to  heav'n, 

To  fix  a  place  for  me  ; 
For  'tis  his  will,  that,  where  he  is, 
His  followers  shall  be. 

3  Canaan  I  view  from  Pisgah's  top  : 

Of  Canaan's  grapes  I  taste  ; 
My  Lord  who  sends  them  to  me  here, 
Will  send  for  me  at  last. 

4  I  have  a  God  that  changeth  not ; 

Why  should  I  be  perplex'd  ? 
My  God  who  owns  me  in  this  world, 
Will  own  me  in  the  next. 

§  My  dearest  friends,  they  dwell  above  ; 
Them  will  I  go  to  see ; 


HYMN  XXIII.  307 

And  all  my  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  soon  come  after  me. 

HYMN  22.     Fifth  Part.     C.   M. 
Happiness  of  departed  Saints. 

1  Y¥OW  happy  are  the  souls  above, 
-H  From  sin  and  sorrow  free  ! 
With  Jesus  they  are  now  at  rest, 

And  all  his  glory  see  ! 

2  "  Worthy  the  Lamb,"  aloud  they  cry, 

"  That  brought  us  here  to  God  :" 
In  ceaseless  hymns  of  praise  they  shout 
The  virtue  of  his  blood. 

3  Sweet  gratitude  inspires  their  songs, 

Ambitious  to  proclaim, 
Before  the  Father's  awful  throne, 
The  honours  of  the  Lamb. 

4  With  wond'ring  joy  they  recollect 

Their  fears  and  dangers  past  ; 
And  bless  the  wisdom,  pow'r,  and  love, 
Which  brought  them  safe  at  last. 

5  Lord,  let  the  merit  of  thy  death 

To  me  be  likewise  given  ; 
And  I,  with  them  will  shout  thy  praise 
Eternally  in  heav'n. 

HYMN  23.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Justification. . 

1  "  ORD,  thy  imputed  righteousness 
J-^  My  beauty  is,  my  glorious  dress ; 
'Midst  flaming  worlds  in  this  array'd, 
With  joy  shall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

2  When  from  the  dust  of  death  I  rise, 
To  take  my  mansion  in  the  skies  ; 
Ev'n  then  shall  this  be  all  my  plea, 
"  Jesus  hath  Jiv'cl  and  died  for  me." 

3  Bold  shall  1  stand  in  that  great  day, 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  shall  lay  ? 


308  HYMN  XXIII. 

While  through  thy  blood  absolv'd  I  am, 
From  sin's  tremendous  curse  and  shame* 

4  Thus  Abraham  the  friend  of  God, 
Thus  all  the  armies  bought  with  blood, 
By  faith  on  thee  alone  relied, 

And  in  the  Lord  were  justified. 

5  This  spotless  robe  the  same  appears 
"W  hen  ruin'd  nature  sinks  in  years : 
No  age  can  change  its  glorious  hue, 
The  robe  of  Christ  is  ever  new. 

6  O  !  Jet  the  dead  now  hear  thy  voice  ! 
Bid,  Lord,  thy  mourning  ones  rejoice  » 
Their  beauty  this,  their  glorious  dress, 
"  Jesus,  the  Lord,  our  righteousness." 

HYMN  23.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Union  with  Jesus. 

1  'HHWIXT  Jesus  and  the  chosen  race, 
-■-    Subsists  a  bond  of  sovereign  grace, 
That  hell  with  its  infernal  train, 
Shall  ne'er  dissolve  or  rend  in  twain. 

2  Hail,  sacred  union, firm  and  strong! 

How  great  the  grace,  how  sweet  the  song  l 
That  worms  of  earth  shall  ever  be 
One  with  incarnate  Diety. 

3  One  in  the  tomb,  one  when  he  rose, 
One  when  he  triumph'd  o'er  his  foes  ; 
One  when  in  heaven  he  took  his  seat, 
While  seraphs  sung  all  hell's  defeat. 

4  This  sacred  tie  forbids  their  fears, 
For  all  he  is,  or  has,  is  theirs  ; 

With  him  their  head,  they  stand  or  fallr 
Their  life,  their  surety,  and  their  all. 
HYMN  23.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Lord  our  righteousness. 

1   CAYIOUR  divine,  we  know  thy  name* 
^  And  in  that  name  we  trust ; 


HYMN  XXIIL  309 

Thou  art  the  Lord  our  righteousness, 
Thou  art  thine  Israel's  boast. 

2  The  sins  of  one  most  righteous  day 

Might  plunge  us  in  despair  ; 
Yet  all  the  crimes  of  nuinVous  years 
Shall  our  great  Surety  clear. 

3  That  spotless  robe,  which  he  hath  wrought, 

Shall  deck  us  all  around  ; 
In  his  imputed  righteousness, 
No  blemish  shall  be  found. 

4  Pardon  and  peace,  and  lively  hope, 

To  sinners  now  are  given  ; 
And  weeping  saints  shall  ere  long  change, 
Their  wilderness  for  heaven. 

5  With  joy  we  taste  that  manna  now, 

Thy  mercy  scatters  down  ; 
We  seal  our  humble  vows  to  thee, 
And  wait  the  promised  crown. 

HYMN  23.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Him, 

1  ¥OIN,  all  who  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
"    To  sing  his  everlasting  fame  ; 
Great  God,  prepare  each  heart  and  voice, 
In  him  forever  to  rejoice. 

2  Of  him  what  wondrous  things  are  told  ! 
In  him  what  glories  I  behold  ! 

For  him  I  gladly  all  things  leave  ; 
To  him  my  soul,  forever  cleave  ! 

3  In  him  my  treasure's  all  contain'd  ; 
By  him  my  feeble  soul's  sustain'd  : 
From  him  what  favours  I  receive  ; 
Through  him  I  shall  forever  live. 

4  W7ith  him  I  daily  love  to  walk  ; 
Of  him  my  soul  delights  to  talk  ; 
On  him  I  cast  my  ev'ry  care  ; 
Like  him  one  day  I  shall  appear. 


310  HYMIN    JLA1V. 

5  Bless  him  my  soul  from  day  to  day ; 
Trust  him  to  lead  thee  on  thy  way : 
Give  him  thy  poor,  weak,  sinful  heart ; 
"With  him  O  never,  never  part. 

6  Take  him  for  strength  and  righteousness  ; 
Make  him  thy  refuge  in  distress  ; 

Love  him  above  all  earthly  joy  ; 
And  him  in  every  thing  employ. 

7  Praise  him  in  cheerful,  grateful  songs 
To  him  your  highest  praise  belongs  ! 
Bless  him  who  doth  your  heav'n  prepare  ! 
And  whom  you'll  praise  forever  there* 

HYMN  23.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
We  are  not  accepted  on  account  of  the  'worthiness  oj  our  faith. 

1  T|  Y  faith  in  Christ  we're  justified, 
JO  Since  'tis  by  faith  Christ  is  applied; 
But  not  for  faith,  or  any  thing 

We  either  suffer,  do,  or  bring. 

2  Faith  is  the  hand  that  Christ  receives, 
And  takes  the  treasures  which  he  gives  ; 
But  faith  no  merit  can  possess  ; 

Christ  is  the  Lord  our  righteousness. 

3  Jesus,  our  souls'  delightful  choice, 
In  thee  believing,  we  rejoice  ; 
Thy  promises  our  hearts  revive, 
And  keep  our  fainting  faith  alive. 

4  Do  thou  the  languid  spark  inflame, 
Reveal  the  glories  of  thy  name  ! 
Let  thy  imputed  righteousness, 
Be  all  our  trust,,  our  joy  and  peace. 

HYMN  24.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Our  good  works  are  no  part  of  our  righteousness  before  God.- 

1    TyrO  more,  my  God,  I  boast  no  more 
^    Of  all  the  duties  I  have  done  ; 
I  quit  the  hopes  I  held  before, 
To  trust  the  merits  of  thy  Son, 


HYMN  XXIV.  311 

2  Now  for  the  love  1  bear  his  name, 
What  was  my  gain,  I  count  my  loss  ; 
My  former  pride  1  call  my  shame, 
And  nail  my  glory  to  his  cross. 

3  Yes,  and  I  must  and  will  esteem 
All  things  but  loss  for  Jesus'  sake  ; 
O  may  my  soul  be  found  in  him, 
And  of  his  righteousness  partake  ! 

4  The  best  obedience  of  my  hands 
Dares  not  appear  before  thy  throne  > 
But  faith  can  answer  thy  demands, 
By  pleading  what  my  Lord  has  done. 

HYMM  24.     Second  Part.     L.   M. 
Grace  doth  not  make  men  careless  or  profane. 

1  OELF-righteous  souls  on  works  rely, 
^  And  boast  their  moral  dignity  ; 
But  if  1  lisp  a  song  of  praise, 

Grace  is  the  note  my  soui  shall  raise. 

2  'Twas  grace  that  quicken'd  me  when  dead, 
And  grace  my  soul  to  Jesus  led  ; 

Grace  brings  me  pardon  for  my  sin  ; 
'Tis  grace  subdues  my  lusts  within. 

3  'Tis  grace,  that  sweetens  ev'ry  cross, 
^Tis  grace  supports  in  ev'ry  loss  ; 

In  Jesus'  grace  my  soui  is  strong  ; 
Grace  is  my  hope,  and  Christ  my  song. 

4  'Tis  grace  defends  when  danger's  near  ; 
By  grace  alone  I  persevere  ; 

'Tis  grace  constrains  my  soul  to  love — 
Free  grace  is  all  they  sing  above. 

5  Thus,  'tis  alone  of  grace  I  boast, 
And  'tis  alone  in  grace  1  trust ; 

For  all  that's  past  grace  is  ray  theme ; 
For  what's  to  come  'tis  still  the  same. 

6  Thro'  endless  years  of  grace  I'll  sing. 
Adore  and  bjess  my  heavemy  King  ; 


312  HFMN  XXVI. 

I'll  cast  my  crown  before  his  throne, 
And  shout  free  grace  to  him  alone. 
HYMN  25.     C.  M. 

The  Sacraments. 

1  TklW Y  Saviour  God,  my  sovereign  Prince, 
1"   Reigns  far  above  the  skies ; 

But  brings  his  graces  down  to  sense, 
And  helps  my  faith  to  rise. 

2  My  eyes  and  ears  shall  bless  his  name, 

They  read  and  hear  his  word ; 
My  touch  and  taste  shall  do  the  same, 
When  they  receive  the  Lord. 

3  Baptismal  water  is  design'd 

To  seal  his  cleansing  grace  ; 
While  at  his  feast  of  bread  and  wine 
He  gives  his  saints  a  place ; 

4  But  not  the  waters  of  a  flood 

Can  make  my  flesh  so  clean, 
As  by  his  spirit  and  his  blood 
He'll  wash  my  soul  from  sin. 

5  Not  choicest  meats,  or  noblest  wines, 

So  much  my  heart  refresh, 
As  when  my  faith  goes  through  the  signs, 
And  feeds  upon  his  flesh. 

6  1  love  the  Lord,  that  stoops  so  low, 

To  give  his  word  a  seal : 
But  the  rich  grace  his  hands  bestow, 
Exceeds  the  figures  still. 

HYMN  26.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
Baptism. 

1  '  Fll WAS  the  commission  of  our  Lord, 

-■-    Go  teach  the  nations  and  baptize : 
The  nations  have  receiv'd  the  word 
Since  he  ascended  to  the  skies. 

2  He  sits  upon  th'  eternal  hills, 
With  grace  aad  pardon  in  his  hands 


HYMN  XXVI.  313 

And  sends  his  covenant,  with  the  seals, 
To  bless  the  distant  heathen  lands. 
3  Repent  and  be  baptiz'd,  he  sai(h> 
For  the  remission  of  your  sins : 
And  thus  our  sense  assists  our  faith, 
And  shews  us  what  his  gospel  means. 

1  Our  souls  he  washes  in  his  blood, 
As  water  makes  the  body  clean ; 
And  the  good  Spirit  of  our  God 
Descends  like  purifying  rain. 

<i  Thus  we  engage  ourselves  to  thee, 
And  seal  our  covenant  with  the  Lord  3 
O  may  the  great  eternal  Three 
In  heaven  our  solemn  vows  record ! 

HmN  26.     Second  Part,     C.  M. 
Improvement  of  Baptism. 

1  A  TTEND,  ye  children  of  your  God  ; 
-"^-  Ye  heirs  of  glory  hear; 

For  accents,  so  divine  as  these, 
Might  charm  the  dullest  ear. 

2  Baptiz'd  into  your  Saviour's  death, 

Your  souls  to  sin  must  die ; 
With  Christ  your  Lord,  ye  live  anew, 
With  Christ  ascend  on  high. 

3  There  by  his  Father's  side  he  sits, 

Enthron'd  divinely  fair; 
Yet  owns  himself  your  Brother  still, 
And  your  Forerunner  there. 

4  Rise  from  these  earthly  trifles,  rise 

On  wings  of  faith  and  love  ; 
Above  your  choicest  treasure  lies, 
And  be  your  hearts  above. 

5  But  earth  and  sin  will  drag  us  down, 

When  we  attempt  to  fly ; 
Lord,  send  thy  strong  attractive  powrer 
To  raise  and  fix  us  high. 
27 


ill  HYMN  XX  VII. 

HYMN  27.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Baptism  is  not  Regeneration. 

\    npHE  sacraments  are  holy  signs ; 
A    And  precious  gospel  seals ; 
They  'xhibit  what  the  Lord  designs, 
And  what  his  word  reveals. 

2  But  these  are  not  themselves  the  grace 

Which  signs  and  seals  set  forth ; 
The  supper's  not  the  sacrifice, 
Nor  water  the  new  birth. 

3  The  sacraments  were  never  meant 

A  substitute  for  grace ; 
They're  not  the  truths  they  represent, 
Nor  must  they  take  their  place. 

4  Sinners  can  publicly  profess, 

And  signs  and  seals  receive, 
Of  what  they  never  did  possess, 

Or  what  they  don't  believe. 
£  Man  may  baptize,  but  'tis  the  Lord 

Regenerates  the  heart : 
None  but  the  Spirit,  by  his  word, 

That  blessing  can  impart. 

6  Preserve  us,  Lord,  from  self-deceit, 

From  resting  on  a  sign  ; 
Bestow  what  symbols  indicate, 
And  give  us  life  divine. 

7  Let  none  who  preach  the  gospel  hide 

This  solemn  truth  from  men  ^ 
They  may  with  water  be  baptiz'd, 
Yet  not  be  born  again. 

HYMN   27.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Infant  Baptism. 

1    rpHUS  saith  the  mercy  of  the  Lord, 
A    ril  be  a  God  to  thee  ; 
Vll  bless  thy  numerous  race?  and  they 
Shall  be  a  seed  to  me. 


HYMN  XXVII.  31 

2  Abrah'm  believ'd  the  promis'd  grace, 

And  gave  his  child  to  God  ; 
But  water  seals  the  blessing  now 
That  once  was  seal'd  with  blood. 

3  Jesus  the  ancient  faith  confirms, 

To  our  fore-fathers  given ; 
He  takes  young  children  to  his  arms, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

4  Our  God,  how  faithful  are  his  wavs  ! 

His  love  endures  the  same  : 
Nor  from  the  promise  of  his  grace 
Blots  out  the  children's  name. 

5  With  the  same  blessings  grace  endows 

The  Gentile  and  the  Jew ; 

If  pure  and  holy  be  the  root, 

Such  are  the  branches  too. 

6  Then  let  the  children  of  the  saints 

Be  dedicate  to  God  ; 
Pour  out  thy  Spirit  on  them,  Lord ! 
And  wash  them  in  thy  blood. 

7  Thus  to  the  parents  and  their  seed 

Shall  thy  salvation  come  ; 
And  numerous  households  meet  at  last 
In  one  eternal  home. 

8  Thy  faithful  saints,  eternal  King ! 

This  precious  truth  embrace ; 
To  thee  their  infant  offspring  bring, 
And  humbly  claim  thy  grace. 

HYMN  27.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Baptism  is  instituted  instead  of  circumcision, 

1  f  iiMCS  did  the  sons  of  Abra'm  pass 

-■-    Beneath  the  bloody  seal  of  grace ! 
The  young  disciples  bore  the  yoke, 
Tili  Christ  the  painful  bondage  broke.  * 

2  By  milder  ways  doth  Jesus  prove 
His  father's  covenant  and  his  love  : 


316  HYMN  XX VII. 

He  seals  to  saints  his  glorious  grace, 
And  not  forbids  their  infant  race. 

3  Their  seed  is  sprinkled  with  his  blood, 
Their  children  set  apart  for  God  ; 

His  spirit  on  their  offspring  shed, 
Like  water  pour'd  upon  the  head. 

4  Let  every  saint  with  cheerful  voice 
In  this  large  covenant  rejoice  ; 
Young  children  in  their  early  days, 
Shall  give  the  God  of  Abra'm  praise. 

HYMN  27.     Fourth   Part.     C.  M. 
Suffer  little  children  to  come  unto  me. 

1  riiHE  Saviour,  with  inviting  voice, 
-*-    Says  "  let  your  children  come; 

"  For  them  there'b    love  within  my  breast, 
"  And  in  my  kingdom  room." 

2  Lord,  at  thy  call,  we  bring  our  babes, 

And  give  them  up  to  thee  ; 
Let  angels,  and  let  men,  behold, 
And  all  our  witness  be. 

3  Now  our  dear  offspring  are  baptiz'd 

According  to  his  word  : 
As  Abra'm  his  did  circumcise, 
Obedient  to  the  Lord. 

4  This  water  sprinkled  on  the  child, 

Doth  a  rich  emblem  shew 
Of  pouring  out  the  Spirit's  grace 
To  form  the  heart  anew. 

HYMN  27.     Fifth  Part.     C.   M. 
Forbid  them  not. 

1  "OEHOLD  what  condescending  love 
-O  Jesus  on  earth  displays ; 

To  babes  and  sucklings  he  extends 
The  riches  of  his  grace. 

2  "  Forbid  them  not,"  is  his  command  ; 

Then  why  should  men  resist  ? 


I 


HYMN  XXVIIT.  317 

Our  children  now  may  be  baptiz'd ; 
The  church  of  such  consist. 

3  With  flowing  tears  and  thankful  hearts 

We  bring  them,  Lord,  to  thee  : 
Receive  them,  Jesus,  to  thine  arms ; 
Thine  may  they  ever  be. 

4  Thine  may  they  be  ;  forever  thine ; 

Thy  ransom'd  purchas'd  seed ; 
O  let  this  seal  of  sprinkling,  now, 
Be  own'd  of  thee  indeed. 

5  Here,  parents,  with  thanksgiving  view 

Your  right  in  what  you've  done  ; 
Let  songs  of  praises  sound  aloud 
To  the  great  Three  in  One. 

HYMN  28.     First  Part.  L.  M. 

The  Lord's  Supper. 

TWrAS  on  that  dark,  that  doleful  night, 
When  powers  of  earth  and  hell  arose. 
Against  the  Son  of  God's  delight, 
And  friends  betray'd  him  to  his  foes :       .  • 

Before  the  mournful  scene  began 

He  took  the  bread,  and  hless'd  and  brake  j 

What  love  through  all  his  actions  ran  ! 

What  wondrous  words  of  grace  he  spake ! 

This  is  my  body,  broke  for  sin, 

Receive  and  eat  the  living  food  ; 

Then  took  the  cup,  and  bless'd  the  wine; 

'TVs  the  new  covenant  in  my  blood. 

For  us  his  flesh  with  nails  was  torn, 

He  bore  the  scourge,  he  felt  the  thorn ; 

And  justice  pourd  upon  his  heao\ 

Its  heavy  vengeance,  in  our  stead. 

For  u*  his  vital  blood  was  spilt,] 

To  buy  the  pardon  of  our  guilt, 

Whpn  for  black  crimes  of  greatest  size> 

He  gave  his  soul  a  saeririce. 


318  HYMN  XXTX. 

6  Do  this  (he  cry'd)  Hill  time  shall  end, 
In  memory  of  your  dying  friend : 
Meet  at  my  table,  and  record 

The  love  of  your  departed  Lord. 

7  .Jesus,  thy  feast  we  celebrate, 

We  shew  thy  death,  we  sing  thy  name ; 
'Till  thou  return,  and  we  shall  eat 
The  marriage  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

HYMN  28.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Communion  with  Christ  at  his  table. 

1  npO  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord, 

A   Dear  name,  by  heaven  and  earth  ador'd ! 
Fain  would  our  hearts  and  voices  raise 
A  cheerful  song  of  sacred  praise. 

2  But  all  the  notes  which  mortals  know, 
Are  weak  and  languishing  and  low ; 
Far,  far  above  our  humble  songs; 
The  theme  demands  immortal  tongues* 

3  Yet  while  around  his  board  we  meet, 
"And  humbly  worship  at  his  feet; 

0  let  our  warm  affections  move, 
In  glad  returns  of  grateful  love! 

4  Let  faith  our  feeble  senses  aid, 

To  see  thy  wondrous  love  display'd ; 
Thy  broken  flesh,  thy  bleeding  veins, 
Thy  dreadful  agonizing  pains. 

5  Let  humble  penitential  wo, 

With  painful,  pleasing  anguish  flow ; 
And  thy  forgiving  smiles  impart 
Life,  hope,  and  joy  to  every  heart. 

HYMN  29.    S.  M. 

Bread  and  Wine. 

1  I  ESUS  invites  his  saints 

v    To  meet  around  his  board ; 
Here  pardon'd  rebels  sit,  and  hold 
Communion  with  their  Lord\ 


HYMN  XXX.  3,19 

2  For  food  he  gives  his  flesh ; 
He  bids  us  drink  his  blood ; 

Amazing  favour !  matchless  grace 
Of  our  descending  Lord. 

3  The  sacred  elements 
Remain  mere  wine  and  bread ; 

But  signify  and  seal  the  love 

Of  Christ  our  covenant  head. 

4  This  holy  bread  and  wine 
Maintains  our  fainting  breath5 

By  union  with  our  living  Lord, 
And  interest  in  his  death. 

5  Our  heavenly  father  calls 
Christ  and  his  members  one ; 

We  the  young  children  of  his  love,* 
And  he  the  first  born  Son. 

6  We  are  but  several  parts 
Of  the  same  broken  bread  ; 

One  body  hath  its  several  limbs, 
But  Jesus  is  the  head. 

7  Let  all  our  powers  be  joined 
His  glorious  name  to  raise : 

Pleasure  and  love  fill  every  mind, 
And  every  voice  be  praise. 

HYMN  30.     First  Part.      C.  M. 
Christ  was  once  offered  to  bear  the  sins  of  many? 

1  "JESUS,  in  thee  our  eyes  behold 
**    A  thousand  glories  more, 
Than  the  rich  gems  and  polish'd  gold. 

The  sons  of  Aaron  wore. 

2  Fresh  blood,  as  constant  as  the  day, 

Was  on  their  altar  spilt ; 
But  thy  one  offering  takes  away 
Forever  all  our  guilt. 

3  On  e,  in  the  circuit  of  a  year, 

With  blood,  but  not  his  own, 


320  HYMN  XXX. 

Aaron  within  the  veil  appears, 
Before  the  golden  throne. 
4  But  Christ,  by  his  own  powerful  blood, 
Ascends  above  the  skies ; 
And,  in  the  presence  of  our  God, 
Shows  his  own  sacrifice. 

HYMN  30.     Second  Part.     P.  M. 
Christ  our  High-Priest. 

1  A    GOOD  high  priest  is  come, 
-™-  Supplying  Aaron's  place, 
And  taking  up  his  room, 
Dispensing  life  and  grace : 

The  law  by  Aaron's  priesthood  came, 
But  grace  and  truth  by  Jesus'  name. 

2  My  Lord  a  priest  is  made, 
Assware  the  mighty  God, 
To  Israel  and  his  seed, 
Ordain'd  to  offer  blood  : 

For  sinners  who  his  mercy  seek, 
A  priest,  as  was  Melchisedeck. 

3  He  once  temptations  knew,  * 
Of  every  sort  and  kind, 
That  he  might  succour  shew, 
To  every  tempted  mind  : 

He  once  for  us  was  sacrific'd, 
And  only  once  for  us  he  dy'd. 

4  1  other  priests  disclaim, 
And  laws  and  offerings  too, 
None  but  the  bleeding  lamb 
The  mighty  work  can  do  : 

He  shall  have  all  the  praise  :  for  he 
Hath  lov'd,  and  liv'd,  and  dy'd  for  me. 
HYMN  30.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Communicant. 

1   1JOW  sweet  and  awful  is  the  place, 
-"  With  Christ  within  the  doors; 
While  everlasting  love  displays 
The  choicest  of  her  stores ! 


HYMN  XXXI.  321 

2  Here  every  bowel  of  our  God 

With  soft  compassion  rolls  ; 
Here  peace  and  pardon  bought  with  blood. 
Is  food  for  dying  souls. 

3  While  all  our  hearts,  and  all  our  songs  ; 

Join  to  admire  the  feast ; 
Each  of  us  cries  with  thankful  tongues, 
"  Lord  why  was  I  a  guest  ? 

4  "  Why  was  I  made  to  hear  thy  voice, 

"  And  enter  while  there's  room  ; 
"  When  thousands  make  a  wretched  choice, 

"  And  rather  starve  than  come  ?" 
3  'Twas  the  same  love,  that  spread  the  feast, 

That  sweetly  forc'd  us  in  ; 
Else  we  had  still  refus'd  to  taste, 

And  perish'd  in  our  sin. 

6  Pity  the  hypocrites,  O  Lord, 

Direct  them  how  to  come  ; 
Teach  them  to  know  and  fear  thy  word, 
And  bring  the  strangers  home. 

7  We  long  to  see  thy  churches  full ; 

That  all  the  chosen  race 
May  with  one  voice,  and  heart,  and  soul, 
Sing  thy  redeeming  grace. 

HYMN  31.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Jesus  haih  the  key  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

1  "WM^ITH  what  delight  I  raise  my  eyes, 

▼▼  And  viewthe  courts  where  Jesus  dwells! 
Jesus,  who  reigns  above  the  skies, 
And  here  below  his  grace  reveals. 

2  Of  God's  own  house  the  sacred  key 
Is  borne  by  that  majestic  hand  ; 
Mansions  and  treasures  there  1  see 
Subjected  all  to  his  command. 

3  He  shuts,  and  worlds  might  strive  in  vain 
The  mighty  obstacle  to  move ; 


322  HYMN  XXXI. 

He  looses  all  their  bars  again, 

And  who  shall  shut  the  gates  of  love 

4  FjxM  in  omnipotence,  he  bears 
The  glories  of  his  father  s  name  ; 
Sustains  his  people's  weighty  cares, 
Through  every  changing  age  the  same. 

5  My  little  all  J  here  suspend, 

Where  the  whole  weight  of  heaven  is  hung ; 
Secure  I  rest  on  such  a  friend, 
And  into  raptures  wake  my  tongue. 

HYMN  3 1 .     Second  Part.     CM. 
The  Bible. 

1  "K^ATHER  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 
-T     What  endless  glory  shines  ! 
Forever  be  thy  name  ador'd 

For  these  celestial  lines  ! 

2  Here  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want 

Exhaustless  riches  find  ; 
Riches,  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 

And  yields  a  sweet  repast; 
Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

4  Here  springs  of  consolation  rise 

To  cheer  the  fainting  mind  ; 
And  thirsty  souls  receive  supplies, 
And  sweet  refreshment  find. 

5  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 

Spreads  heavenly  peace  around  ; 
And  life  and  everlasting  joys 
Attend  the  blissful  sound,! 

6  O  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 

My  ever  dear  delk'ht ; 
And  still  new  beauties  may  I  see, 
And  still  increasing  light  \ 


HYMN  XXXI.   ,  323 

7  Divine  instructor,  gracious  Lord, 
Be  thou  forever  near  ; 
Teach  me  to  love  thy  sacred  word, 
And  view  my  Saviour  there  ! 

H  YMM  3 1 .     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  Commission, 

1  "< ^i  O  preach  my  gospel,  saith  the  Lord, 

"  vX Bid  the  whole  earth  my  grace  receive  ; 
f    "  He  shall  be  sav'd,  that  trusts  my  word  ; 
"  He  shall  be  damn'd  that  won't  believe. 

2  "  I'll  make  your  great  commission  known  ; 
"  And  ye  shall  prove  my  gospel  true, 

"  By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
"  By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

3  "  Go  heal  the  sick,  go  raise  the  dead, 
"  Go  cast  out  devils  in  my  name  ; 

"  Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid      [pheme. 
"  Though  Greeks  reproach  and  Jews  bias- 

4  "  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands, 
"  I'm  wi*hyou  till  the  world  shall  end  ; 
"  All  power  is  trusted  in  my  hands, 

"  I  can  destroy,  and  can  defend." 

5  He  spake,  and  light  shone  round  his  head, 
On  a  bright  cloud  to  heaven  he  rode  ; 
Tney  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 

The  grace  of  their  ascended  God. 

HYMN  31.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
The  gospel  is  the  power  of  God  to  salvation. 

1  ^^K^HAT  shall  the  dying  sinner  do, 

*  ▼    That  seeks  relief  for  ad  his  woe  ? 
Where  shall  the  guilty  conscience  find 
Ease  for  the  torment  of  the  mind  ? 

2  How  shall  we  get  our  crimes  forgiven, 
Or  form  our  nature  fit  for  heaven  ? 
Can  souls,  all  o'er  defil'd  with  sin, 

Make  their  own  powers  and  passions  clean  I 


324  HYMN  XXXI. 

3  In  vain  we  "search,  in  vain  we  try, 
Till  Jesus  brings  his  gospel  nigh  ; 
'Tis  there  that  power  and  glory  dwell, 
That  save  rebellious  souls  from  hell. 

4  This  is  the  pillar  of  our  hope, 
That  bears  our  fainting  spirits  up  : 
We  read  the  grace,  we  trust  the  word, 
And  find  salvation  in  the  Lord. 

5  Let  men  or  angels  dig  the  mines, 
Where  nature's  golden  treasure  shines  ; 
Brought  near  the  doctrine  of  the  cross, 
All  nature's  gold  appears  but  dross. 

6  Should  vile  blasphemers,  with  disdain* 
Pronounce  the  truth  of  Jesus  vain  ; 
We'll  meet  the  scandal  and  the  shame, 
And  sing  and  triumph  in  his  name. 

HYMN  31.     Fifth  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Call. 

1  a  INNERS,  the  voice  of  God  regard  ; 
►^  'Tis  mercy  speaks  to-day  ; 

He  calls  you  by  his  sovereign  word, 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2  Like  the  rough  sea  that  cannot  rest, 

You  live  devoid  of  peace; 
A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast, 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  hell ; 

Why  will  you  persevere  ? 
Can  you  in  endless  torments  dwell, 
Shut  up  in  black  despair  ? 

4  Why  will  you  in  the  crooked  ways 

Of  sin  and  folly  go  ? 
In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reap  immortal  wo  ! 

5  But  he  that  turns  to  God  shall  live, 

Through  his  abounding  grace  : 


HYMN  XXXI.  325 

His  mercy  will  the  guilt  forgive 

Of  those  that  seek  his  face. 
Bow  to  the  sceptre  of  his  word, 

Renouncing  every  sin  ; 
Submit  to  him  your  sovereign  Lord, 

And  learn  his  will  divine. 
His  love  exceeds  your  highest  thoughts ; 

He  will  become  your  God, 
And  will  forgive  your  numerous  faults, 

Through  a  Redeemer's  blood. 

HYMN  31.     Sixth  Part.     P.  M. 
The  gospel  Trumpet — Jubilee. 

[LOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow, 
The  gladly  solemn  sound  ! 
Let  all  the  nations  know 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

2  Exalt  the  Lamb  of  God, 
The  sin-atoning  Lamb  : 
Redemption  by  his  blood 
Thro'  all  the  lands  proclaim ; 

The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

3  Ye,  who  have  sold  for  nought 
The  heritage  above ; 

Shall  have  it  back,  unsought* 

The  gift  of  Jesus'  love  ; 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home* 

4  Ye  slaves  of  sin  and  hell, 
Your  liberty  receive  ; 
And  safe  in  Jesus  dwell, 
And  blest  in  Jesus  live  ; 

The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 


326  HYMN  XXXII. 

5  The  gospel  trumpet  hear, 
The  news  of  pard'ning  grace  : 
Ye  happy  souls,  draw  near, 
Behold  your  Saviour's  face  : 

The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

6  Jesus,  our  great  High  Priest, 
Has  full  atonement  made  : 
Ye  weary  spirits  rest, 

Ye  mournful  souls  be  glad : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come  ; 
Return,  ye  ransom'd  sinners,  home. 

HYMN  32.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Gratitude. 

1  ¥JOW  can  I  sink  with  such  a  prop 
■U-  As  my  eternal  God, 

Who  bears  the  earth's  huge  pillars  up, 
And  spreads  the  heavens  abraod  ? 

2  How  can  I  die  while  Jesus  lives, 

Who  rose  and  left  the  dead  ? 
Pardon  and  grace  roj  soul  receives, 
From  mine  exalted  head. 

3  All  that  I  am,  and  all  I  have, 

Shall  be  forever  thine  ! 
Whatever  my  duty  bids  me  give, 
My  cheerful  hands  resign. 

4  Yet  if  I  might  make  some  reserve, 

And  duty  did  not  call, 
I  love  my  God  with  zeal  so  great, 
That  I  would  give  him  all. 

HYMN  32*.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Saved  by  grace,  we  must  still  do  good  works. 


I 


SO  let  our  lips  and  lives  express 
The  holy  gospel  we  pi  ofess  ; 
So  let  our  works  and  virtui     shine 
To  prove  the  doctrine  all  divine, 


HYMN  XXX1L  327 

2  Thus  shall  we  best  proclaim  abroad, 
The  honours  of  our  Saviour  God  ; 
When  the  salvation  reigns  within, 
And  grace  subdues  the  power  of  sin. 

3  Our  flesh  and  sense  must  be  deny'd, 
Passions  and  envy,  lust  and  pride  ; 
While  justice,  temperance,  truth  and  love, 
Our  inward  piety  approve. 

4  Religion  bears  our  spirits  up, 
While  we  expect  that  blessed  hope, 
The  bright  appearance  of  the  Lord  ; 
And  faith  stands  leaning  on  his  word. 

HYMN  32.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Elected  to  Holiness. 

1  l¥OW  vast  the  benefits  divine, 
•«-  Which  we  in  Christ  possess ! 
We're  sav'd  from  guilt  and  every  sin,, 

And  call'd  to  holiness. 

2  'Tis  not  for  works  which  we  have  done, 

Or  shall  hereafter  do  ; 
But  he,  of  his  electing  love, 
Salvation  doth  bestow. 

3  The  glory,  Lord,  from  first  to  last, 

Is  due  to  thee  alone  : 
Aught  to  ourselves  we  dare  not  take*. 
Or  rob  thee  of  thy  crown. 

4  Our  glorious  Surety  undertook 

Redemption's  wondrous  plan  ; 
And  grace  was  given  us  in  him 
Before  the  world  began. 

5  Safe  in  the  arms  of  sovereign  love' 

We  ever  shall  remain  ; 
Nor  shall  the  rage  of  earth  or  hell 
Make  thy  dear  counsels  vain. 

6  Not  one  of  all  the  chosen  race 

But  shall. to. heaven  attain  ; 


328  HYMN  XXXIII. 

Partake  on  earth  the  purpos'd  graces 
And  then  with  Jesus  reign. 

HYMN  32.     Fourth  Part.     C.  M. 
Love  to  Christ  desired. 

1  ri^HOU  lovely  source  of  true  delight, 
-*■    Whom  I  unseen  adore, 

Unveil  thy  beauties  to  my  sight  ; 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

2  Thy  glory  o'er  creation  shines  ; 

But  in  thy  sacred  word 
1  read,  in  fairer,  brighter  lines, 
My  bleeding,  dying  Lord. 

3  'Tis  here,  whene'er  my  comforts  droop, 

And  sin  and  sorrow  rise, 
Thy  love,  with  cheerful  beams  of  hope, 
My  fainting  breast  supplies. 

4  But  ah !  too  soon  the  pleasing  scene 

Is  clouded  o'er  with  pain  ; 
My  gloomy  fears  rise  dark  between, 
And  1  again  complain. 

5  O  may  my  soul  with  rapture  trace 

The  wonders  of  thy  love  ! 
But  the  full  glories  of  thy  face 
Are  only  known  above. 

HYMN  33.     First  Part.     C.  M. 
Conversion. 

1  lyTOT  the  malicious  or  profane, 
-*^>    The  wanton  or  the  proud, 

Nor  thieves,  nor  sland'rers,  shall  obtain 
The  kingdom  of  our  God. 

2  Surprising  grace  !  and  such  were  we 

By  nature  and  by  sin  ; 
Heirs  of  immortal  misery, 
Unholy  and  unclean. 

3  But  we  are  wash'd  in  Jesus'  blood, 

We're  pardon'd  through  his  name  ; 


HYMN  XXXUl.  329 

And  the  good  Spirit  of  our  God 

Hath  sanctified  our  frame. 
4  O  for  a  persevering  power, 

To  keep  thy  just  commands  ! 
We  would  defile  our  hearts  no  more,. 

No  more  pollute  our  hands. 

HYMN  33.  Second  Part.     S.  M, 
Death  of  sin. 

1    £JJFTALL  we  go  on  to  sin, 

^   Because  thy  grace  abounds  ? 
Or  crucify  the  Lord  again, 

And  open  all  his  wounds  ? 

2  Forbid  it,  mighty  God  ! 
Nor  let  it  e'er  be  said, 

That  we,  whose  sins  are  crucified, 
Should  raise  them  from  the  dead* 

3  We  shall  be  slaves  no  more, 
Since  Christ  hath  made  us  free  ; 

Has  nail'd  our  tyrants  to  his  cross, 
And  bought  our  liberty. 

HYMN  33.     Third  Part.     CM, 
Conversion  and  Faith. 

1  "  "  ORD,  we  adore  thy  matchless  ways 
■■-^  In  bringing  souls  to  thee  ; 
We  sing  and. shout  eternal  praise, 

For  grace  so  full  and  free. 

2  "  What  must  I  do,"  the  jailer  cries, 
"  To  save  my  sinking  soul  ? 

"Believe  in  Christ,"  the  word  replies, 
"  Thy  faith  shall  make  thee  whole,'' 

3  Our  works  are  all  the  works  of  sin, 
Our  nature  quite  deprav'd  ; 

Jesus  alone  can  make  us  clean : 
By  grace  are  sinners  sav'd. 

4  "  Believe,  believe."  the  gospel  eries^ 
"  This  is  the  living  way ;" 

28* 


330  HYMN  XXXIY. 

From  faith  in  Christ  our  hopes  arise, 
And  shine  to^rfect  day. 

5  Come,  sinners,  then,  the  Saviour  trust, 
To  wash  you  in  his  blood  ; 
To  change  your  hearts,  subdue  your  lust, 
And  bring  you  home  to  God. 

HYMN  33.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 

Christ  our  strength. 

\    §    ET  me  but  hear  my  Saviour  say, 
*-*  Strength  shall  be  equal  to  thy  day  ; 
Then  I  rejoice  in  deep  distress, 
Leaning  on  all-sufficient  grace. 

2  1  glory  in  infirmity, 
That  Christ's  own  power  may  rest  on  me  ; 
When  I  am  weak,  then  am  1  strong, 
Grace  is  my  shield  and  Christ  my  song. 

3  1  can  do  all  things,  or  can  bear 
All  sufferings,  if  my  Lord  be  there  ; 
Sweet  pleasures  ming'e  with  the  pains* 
While  his  left  hand  my  head  sustains. 

4  But  if  the  Lord  be  once  withdrawn, 
And  we  attempt  the  work  alone, 
When  new  temptations  spring  and  rise, 
We  find  how  great  our  weakness  is. 

HYMN  34.     First  Part.     C  M. 
The  moral  Law. 

i    F11HAT  God,  who  made  the  world  on  higtv 
A    And  air,  and  earth,  and  sea, 
Own  as  thy  God,  and  to  his  name 
In  homage  bow  the  knee. 

2  Let  not  a  shape  which  hands  have  wrougl 

Of  wood,  or  clay,  or  stone, 
Be  deem'd  thy  Goo ;  nor  think  him  like 
Aught  thou  hast  seen  or  known. 

3  Take  not  in  vain  the  name  of  God : 

Nor  must  thou  ever  dare, 
To  make  thy  falsehood  pass  for  truth, 
By  his  dread  n.ame  to  swear. 


HYMN  XXXW.  331 

4  That  day  on  which  he  bids  thee  rest 

From  toil,  to  pray,  and  praise 
That  day  keep  ho'y  to  the  Lord, 
And  consecrate  its  rays. 

5  Thy  father  and  thy  mother  love, 

Both,  honour  and  obey  ; 
So  shall  thy  life  be  blest  with  peace, 
And  lengthened  be  thy  day. 

6  The  blood  of  man  thou  shalt  not  shed, 

Nor  wrath  nor  malice  feel ; 
To  maim,  or  hurt,  or  wish  him  dead, 
Is  in  thy  heart  to  kill. 

7  Promiscuous  lusts  the  Lord  forbids* 

But  honours  wedlock  pure; 
Vast  is  the  guilt  of  wicked  lusts, 
Their  punishment  is  sure. 

8  Thou  shalt  not,  or  from  friend  or  foe, 

Take  aught  bv  force  or  stealth : 
Thy  goods,  thy  stores  must  grow  from  right* 
Or  God  will  curse  thy  wealth. 

9  No  man  shalt  thou  by  a  false  charge, 

Or  crush  or  brand  with  shame  : 
Dear  as  thine  own,  so  wills  thy  God, 
Must  be  his  life  and  name. 

10  Thy  soul  one  wish  shall  not  let  loose 

For  that  which  is  not  thine  : 
Live  in  thy  lot,  or  small  or  great ; 
For  God  has  drawn  the  line. 

11  O  may  the  Lord,  who  gave  these  laws, 

Write  them  on  every  heart, 
That  all  may  feel  their  living  power, 
Nor  from  his  paths  depart  I 

HYMN  34.     Second  Part.     L,  M. 
Thejlrst  command. 

1   "INTERNAL  God!  Almighty  cause 
-"  Of  earth  and  seas,  and  worlds  unknown. 


332  H7MN  XXXV. 

All  things  are  subject  to  thy  laws  ; 
All  things  depend  on  thee  alone. 

2  Thy  glorious  Being  singly  stands, 
Of  all  within  itself  possest; 
Control'd  by  none  are  thy  commands  : 
Thou  from  thyself  alone  art  blest. 

3  To  thee  alone  ourselves  we  owe  ; 

Let  heaven  and  earth  due  homage  pay : 

All  other  gods  we  disavow, 

Deny  their  claims,  renounce  their  sway. 

i  Spread    thy  great  name  through  heathen 
Their  idol  deities  dethrone  ;  [lands  & 

Reduce  the  world  to  thy  command, 
And  reign,  as  thou  art,  God  alone. 
HYMN  35.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  second  command. 

1  rpHOU  art,  O  God!  a  Spirit  pure, 

A    Invisible  to  mortal  eyes ; 
Th'  immortal,  and  th'  eternal  King, 
The  great,  the  good,  the  only  wise. 

2  Whilst  nature  changes,  and  her  works-. 
Corrupt,  decay,  dissolve  and  die, 
Thy  essence  pure  no  change  shall  see, 
Secure  of  immortality. 

3  Thou  great  invisible!  what  hand 
Can  draw  thy  image  spotless  fair? 
To  what  in  heaven,  to  what  on  earth, 
Can  men  the  immortal  King  compare  ? 

£  Let  stupid  heathens  frame  their  gods 
Of  gold  and  silver,  wood  and  stone  ; 
Ours  is  the  God  that  made  the  heavens, 
Jehovah  he,  and  God  alone. 

5  My  soul,  thy  purest  homage  pay, 
In  truth  and  spirit  him  adore  ; 
More  shall  this  please  than  sacrifice, 
Than  outward  forms  delight  him  more. 


HYMN  XXXVL  333 

HYMM  35.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
God  incomprehensible. 

1  |^AN  creatures,  to  perfection,  find 
^  Th'  eternal,  uncreated  inind  ! 
Or  can  the  largest  stretch  of  thought 
Measure  and  search  his  nature  out  ? 

2  'Tis  high  as  heaven,  'tis  deep  as  hell; 
And  what  can  mortals  know,  or  tell  ? 
His  glory  spreads  beyond  the  sky, 
And  all  the  shining  worlds  on  high. 

3  [But  man,  vain  man,  would  fain  be  wise, 
Born,  like  a  wild  young  colt,  he  flies 
Through  all  the  follies  of  his  mind, 
And  smells  and  snuffs  the  empty  wind.] 

4  God  is  a  King  of  power  unknown, 
Firm  are  the  orders  of  his  throne  ; 
If  he  resolve,  who  dare  oppose, 
Or  ask  him  why,  or  what  he  does  ? 

5  He  wounds  the  heart,  and  he  makes  whole  ;• 
He  calms  the  tempest  of  the  soul; 

When  he  shuts  up  in  long  despair, 
Who  can  remove  the  heavy  bar  ? 

$  He  frowns,  and  darkness  veils  the  moon*, 
The  fainting  sun  grows  dim  at  noon; 
The  pillars  of  heaven's  starry  roof 
Tremble  and  start  at  his  reproof. 

7  These  are  a  portion  of  his  ways ; 
But  who  shall  dare  describe  his  face  ? 
Who  can  endure  his  light,  or  stand 
To  hear  the  thunders  of  his  hand  ? 

HYMN  36.     C.  M. 

The  third  command. 

1   IXOLY  and  reverend  is  the  name 
-"■  Of  our  eternal  King  : 
Thrice  holy  Lord  !  the  angels  cry, 
Thrice  holy,  let  us  sing. 


334  HYMN  XXX VII. 

2  Holy  is  he  in  all  his  works, 

And  truth  is  his  delight; 
But  sinners  and  their  wicked  ways 
Shall  perish  from  his  sight. 

3  The  deepest  reverence  of  the  mind, 

Pay,  O  my  soul,  to  God ; 
Lift,  with  thy  hands,  a  holy  heart 
To  his  sublime  abode. 

4  With  sacred  awe  pronounce  his  name, 

Abhor  the  lips  profane  ; 
Let  not  thy  tongue  the  Lord  blaspheme, 
Nor  take  his  name  in  vain. 

5  Thou  holy  God  !  preserve  my  soul 

From  all  pollution  free  ; 
The  pure  in  heart,  and  hands,  and  lipg 
Alone  thy  face  shall  see. 

HYMN  37.      First  Part.     L.  M. 
Christians  may  take  a  religious  oath. 

1  "WM^HEN  God  his  gracious  promise  made 

▼  ▼    To  faithful  Abra'm  and  his  seed, 
To  shew  his  grace  and  truth  to  both, 
Confirm'd  the  promise  with  an  oath. 

2  So,  by  an  oath,  in  every  age, 

The  saints  their  promise  oft  engage ; 
When  questions  rise  of  death  or  life* 
An  oath  confirms  and  ends  all  strife. 

3  Christians  the  truth  will  ever  say, 
Their  yea  be  yea,  their  nay  be  nay ; 
And  with  conscientious  dread  refrain 
From  swearing  any  oath  profane. 

4  But  when  great  facts  demand  high  proof, 
They  honour  God  by  solemn  oath  ; 
And  thereby  teach  the  world  to  own 
The  Judo-e  eternal  on  his  throne. 

5  The  fear  of  God  is  thus  maintain'd, 
And  men  from  perjury  restrain'd; 


HYMN  XXXVIII.  335 

Religious  oaths  may  be  abus'd, 
But  may  not  therefore  be  refus'd. 
6  Christians  the  worthiest  men  on  earth, 
Who  cherish  peace  and  love  the  truth, 
Will  put  religion's  sacred  seal 
To  what  is  held  the  last  appeal. 

HYMN  37.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Perjury. 

1  T  ET  those  who  bear  the  christian  name 
*-A  Their  holy  vows  fulfil! 

The  saints,  the  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
Delight  to  do  his  will. 

2  True  to  the  solemn  oaths  they  take, 

Tho'  to  their  hurt  they  swear : 
Constant  and  just  to  all  they  speak ; 
For  God  they  know  can  hear. 

3  Still  with  their  lips  their  hearts  agree, 

Nor  flattering  words  devise  : 
They  re  sure  the  God  of  truth  can  see 
Thro'  every  fake  dis  juise. 

4  Deceits  they  hate,  they  dread  ail  lies, 

;>atever  forms  they  wear ; 
Preferring  death  to  perjuries, 
They  dare  not  falsely  -wear. 

5  Lo  !  from  ahove  the  Lord  descends, 

And  brings  the  judgment  down; 
He  bids  his  saints,  his  faithful  friends, 
Rise  and  possess  their  crown. 

6  While  satan  trembles  at  the  sight, 

And  devils  wish  to  die, 
Where  will  the  faithless  hypocrite 
And  perjur'd  liar  fly? 

HYMN  38.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
The  fourth  command. 

1   X3  ETURN,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest, 
«>  Improve  the  day  thy  God  has  bless'd  ; 


336  HYMN  XXXVIII. 

Another  six  day's  work  is  done, 
Another  sabbath  is  begun. 

2  Come  bless  the  Lord,  whose  love  assign? 
So  sweet  a  rest  to  wearied  minds ; 
Provides  a  blest  foretaste  of  heaven, 
On  this  day  more  than  ail  the  seven. 

3  O  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense  to  the  skies ; 
And  draw  from  Christ  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none,  but  he  that  feels  it,  knows. 

4  This  heavenly  calm,  within  the  breast, 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest ; 
Which  for  the  church  of  God  remains, 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

5  With  joy,  great  God,  thy  works  we  scan, 
Creation's  scene,  redemption's  plan  ! 
With  praise,  we  think  on  mercies  past, 
With  hope,  we  future  pleasures  taste. 

6  In  holy  duties  let  the  day, 
In  holy  comforts  pass  away ; 
How  sweet,  a  sabbath  thus  to  spend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end ! 

HYMN  38.     Second  Part.     C  M." 
The  Lord's  day. 

1  ^lOME,  dearest  Lord,  and  feed  thy  sheep, 
^  On  this  sweet  day  of  rest : 
O  bless  this  flock,  and  make  this  fold 

Enjoy  an  heavenly  rest. 

2  Welcome  and  precious  to  my  soul 

Are  these  sweet  days  of  love ; 
But  what  a  sabbath  shall  I  keep, 
When  1  shall  rest  above  ! 

3  I  come,  I  wait,  I  hear,  I  pray, 

Thy  footsteps,  Lord,  I  trace  ; 
Here,  in  thine  own  appointed  way, 
1  wait  to  see  thy  face. 


HYMN  XXXIX  337 

4  These  are  the  sweet  and  precious  days 

On  which  my  Lord  I've  seen ; 
And  oft,  when  feasting  on  his  word, 
In  raptures  1  have  been. 

5  O  if  my  soul  when  death  appears, 

In  this  sweet  frame  be  found ; 

I'll  clasp  my  Saviour  in  mine  arms, 

And  leave  this  earthly  ground. 

6  I  long  for  that  delightful  hour, 

When  from  this  clay  undrest, 
I  shall  be  cloth'd  in  robes  divine, 
And  made  forever  blest. 

HYMN  38.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
The  eternal  Sabbath. 

1  rjpHINE  earthly  sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love, 
-■-    But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above  ; 

To  that  our  longing  souls  aspire, 
With  cheerful  hope  and  warm  desire. 

2  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin,  nor  hell  shall  reach  the  place ; 
Nor  groans  shall  mingle  with  the  songs, 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

3  No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes, 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  repose, 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

4  O  long  expected  day,  begin — 
Dawn  on  these  realms  of  wo  and  sin, 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 

HYMN  39.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  fifth  command. 

1    f^  RE  AT  source  of  order,  Maker  wise ! 
"T  Whose  throne  is  high  above  the  skies ; 
We  praise  thy  name ;  thy  laws  ordain, 
That  order  shall  on  earth  obtain, 
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338  HYiMN  XXXIX. 

2  Let  each  inferior  rank  revere 
All  such  as  their  superiors  are ; 
And  iet  superiors  also  do 
What's  right  by  each  inferior  too. 

•3  To  thee  may  each  united  house, 
At  morn  and  night  present  its  vows ; 
O  may  each  family  proclaim 
The  honours  of  thy  glorious  name. 
HYMN  39.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Honour  to  magistrates, 

1  INTERNAL  sovereign  of  the  sky, 
X-4  And  Lord  of  all  below  ; 

We  mortals  to  thy  majesty 
Our  first  obedience  owe. 

2  Our  souls  adore  thy  throne  supreme, 

And  bless  thy  providence, 
For  Magistrates  of  various  name, 
Our  glory  and  defence. 

3  Where  laws  and  liberty  combine 

To  make  the  nation  bless'd ; 
There  Magistrates  with  lustre  shine, 
And  states  are  govern'd  best. 

4  Nations  on  firm  foundations  stand, 

While  virtue  finds  reward  ; 
And  sinners  perish  from  the  land, 
By  justice  and  the  sword. 

5  To  Magistrates  be  honour  paid, 

To  laws  obedience  shown  ; 
But  consciences  and  souls  were  made 
To  be  the  Lord's  alone. 

HYMN  39.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  anxiety  of  pious  parents  for  their  oliildren. 

I    npHOUGH  parents  may  in  cov'nant  be, 
-*-    And  have  their  heaven  in  view; 
They  are  unhappy,  till  they  see 
Their  children  happy  too. 


HYMN  XL.  333 

2  Their  hearts  with  inward  anguish  bleed 

When  all  attempts  prove  vain ; 
And  they  pursue  those  paths  that  lead 
To  everlasting  pain. 

3  They  warn,  indulge,  correct,  beseech, 

While  tears  in  torrents  flow ; 
And  'tis  beyond  the  pow'r  of  speech 
To  tell  the  griefs  they  know. 

4  'Till  they  can  see  victorious  grace 

Their  children's  souls  possess, 
The  sparkling  wit,  the  smiling  face 
But  adds  to  their  distress. 

5  "  Shall  cruel  spirits  drag  thee  down 

"  To  darkness  and  despair ; 
"  Beneath  th'  Almighty's  angry  frown. 
"  To  dwell  forever  there  ? 

6  "  Saviour  the  dreadful  scene  forbid ! 

"  Look  down,  dear  Lord,  and  bless; 
u  We'll  wrestle  hard,  as  Jacob  did — 
"  May  we  obtain  success  !" 

HYMN  40.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  sixth  command. 

1  /^LAMOUK  and  wrath,  and  war  be  gone., 
^  Envy  and  spite  forever^ cease  ; 

Let  bitter  words  no  more  be  known 
Among  the  saints,  the  sons  of  peace. 

2  The  Spirit,  like  a  peaceful  dove, 

Flies  from  the  realms  of  noise  and  strife  ; 
Why  should  we  vex  and  grieve  his  love, 
Who  seals  our  souls  to  heavenly  life. 

4  Tender  and  kind  be  all  our  thoughts, 
Through  all  our  lives  let  mercy  run  : 
So  God  forgives  our  numerous  faults, 
For  the  dear  sake  of  Christ  his  Son. 

H^MN  40.      Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Anger. 

ARE  we  indulge  our  wrath  and  strife, 
And  yet  assume  the  christian  name  ? 


D 


340  HYMN  XL. 

Give  our  wild  passions  sway :  then  call 
Ourselves  the  followers  of  the  Lamb? 

2  He  was  all  gentle,  meek,  and  mild, 
Full  of  benevolence  and  love ; 

Nor  could  the  rage  of  num'rous  foes 
Aught  but  his  soft  compassion  move. 

3  Not  all  their  scoffs,  nor  the  sharp  pangs 
Of  crucifixion,  could  inspire 

Within  his  breast  one  vengeful  thought, 
Or  one  tumultuous  passion  fire. 

4  But  we,  alas !  how  soon  the  storms 
Impetuous  in  our  bosoms  swell ; 
What  stores  of  fuel  in  our  breasts, 
To  feed  those  raging  fires  of  hell. 

5  Spirit  of  grace,  do  thou  descend ; 
Envy  and  wrath,  and  clamour  chase  ; 
With  thy  mild  influence  quench  these  fires. 
And  hush  the  stormy  winds  to  peace  ! 

HYMN  40.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Brotherly  love. 

}   ¥¥OW  sweet,  how  heav'nly  is  the  sight. 
-H  When  those  who  love  the  Lord, 
In  one  another's  peace  delight, 
And  so  fulfil  his  word  ! 
3  O  may  we  feel  each  brother's  sigh, 
And  with  him  bear  a  part: 
May  sorrows  flow  from  eye  to  eye, 
And  joy  from  heart  to  heart. 

3  Free  us  from  envy,  scorn,  and  pride 

Our  wishes  fix  above ! 
May  each  his  brother's  failings  hide, 
And  shew  a  brother's  love. 

4  Let  love,  in  one  delightful  stream, 

Through  evYy  bosom  flow ; 
And  union  sweet,  and  dear  esteems 
In  ev'ry  action  glow. 


HYMN  XLI.  341 

4  Love  is  the  golden  chain,  thai  binds 
The  happy  souls  above  ; 
And  he's  an  heir  of  heav'n,  that  finds 
His  bosom  dow  with  love. 

HYMN  41.     First  Part.      L.  M. 
The  seventh  command. 

1  ^\CRED  wedlock  !  law  of  heav'n, 
^  By  wisdom  fram  d,  in  mercy  giv'n  ; 
The  spring,  whence  all  the  kindred  ties 
Of  parents,  children,  brethren,  rise  ! 

2  Curs'd  be  the  lusts  which  violate 
The  honours  of  the  marriage  state  ; 
The  Lord  himself,  in  wrath  severe, 
Will  judge  the  vile  adulterer. 

3  The  wicked,  filthy  and  unclean, 
Shall  reap  the  harvest  of  their  sin  : 
And  they  who  burn  with  Sodom's  lust, 
In  Sodom's  fire  shall  be  accurs'd. 

4  Polluted  sinner,  hide  thy  face, 

Fly  to  the  throne,  and  plead  for  grace  : 
The  blood  of  Christ  can  cleanse  thy  soul, 
And  make  thy  filthy  spirit  whole. 

KYMN  41.     Second  Part.     L.   M. 
The  law  is  spiritual,  but  we  are  carnal. 

1  "Rt/i" )ST  holy  God,  thy  precepts  just 
iTJ.  Against  impure  desire.- a- I    ust; 

We  therefore  mou.ru  with  grief  an  J  shame 
Our  guilty  and  polluted  frame. 

2  We  know  by  nature,  we're  unclean, 
Our  pow'rs  debas-d',  affections  mean  ; 
We  own  imperfect  chastity, 

The  sensual  heart,  the  wanton  eye. 

3  The  seeds  of  ev'ry  vic^  and  sin 
Are  rooted  deep  and  grow  within  ; 
An  i  if  p  oserv' I  from  filthy  ways, 
To  grace  alone  beloi      the  praise, 

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342  HYMN  XLII. 

4  O  shed  abroad  thy  love  divine, 
Constrain  us  to  be  wholly  thine  ; 
And  make  our  souls  and  b  dies  both .; 
The  Temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

HYMN  42.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
The  eighth  command. 

J    /"I  REAT  God,  thy  holy  law  commands 
'^  Strict  honesty  in  our  demands  $ 
Forbids  to  plunder,  steal  or  cheat, 
To  practise  falsehood  or  deceit. 

2  We  must  be  faithful,  upright,  true, 
Nor  take,  but  what  is  strictly  due  ; 
If  honesty  be  banish'd  hence, 
Religion  is  a  vain  pretence. 

3  No  righteous  debt  must  be  deny'd 
By  fraud  or  power,  by  lies  or  pride  ; 
The  poor  shall  not  by  long  delay, 
Be  made  to  groan  for  want  of  pay. 

4  What  equity  enjoins  as  right, 

We  must  perform  with  all  our  might  ; 
Nor  seek  our  neighbour  to  deceive, 
With  what  ourselves  do  not  believe. 
3  Let  christians  never  dare  disgrace 

The  name  and  cause,  which  they  profess  , 

Lord,  help  us  ever  to  pursue 

Things  which  are  honest,  just  and  true. 

HYMN  42.     Second  Part.     S.  M. 
The  'worldling. 

1  "^O^HAT  does  the  worldling  gain 

*  *     By  all  his  vain  pursuits  ? 
His  very  pleasure  gives  him  pain, 
And  mis'ry  are  its  fruits. 

2  What  anxious  cares  corrode 
The  mind  intent  on  wealth  ; 

His  mammon  oft  becomes  a  load, 
Which  robs  him  of  his  health 


HYMN  XLIII.  34-3 

4  Does  he  his  end  attain, 
And  in  full  affluence  roll  ? 
What  does  the  sordid  creature  gain, 
When  God  demands  his  soul  ? 

4  My  heart  to  heav'n  aspire, 
And  seek  thine  all  in  God  : 

Nor  e'er  pollute  thy  pure  desire, 
By  trifles  on  the  road. 

5  He  doth  my  soul  now  bless 
With  his  enriching  grace  ; 

But  O  what  wealth  shall  I  possess* 
When  I  behold  his  face  ! 

6  These  riches  of  his  grace 
Will  then  to  glory  rise  ; 

When  I  have  run  my  earthly  race, 
And  gain'd  the  immortal  prize. 

HYMN  43.     &rst  Part.     C.  M. 

The  ninth  command. 

\   "O  ELIGION  is  the  chief  concern 
•■•*'  Of  mortals  here  below  : 
May  all  its  great  importance  learn, 
Its  sovereign  virtue  know. 

2  Let  deep  repentance,  faith  and  love, 

Be  join'd  with  godly  fear  : 
And  all  our  conversation  prove 
Our  souls  to  be  sincere. 

3  Let  with  our  lips  our  hearts  agree, 

Nor  slandering  words  devise  : 

We  know  the  God  of  truth  can  see 

Through  every  false  disguise. 

4  Lord,  never  let  our  envy  grow, 

To  hear  another's  praise  ; 

Nor  rob  him  of  his  honour  due, 

By  base  revengeful  ways. 

5  O  God  of  truth,  help  to  detest 

Whatever  is  false  or  wrong  \ 


34 4  HYMN  XLW, 

That  lies  in  earnest  or  in  jest 
May  ne'er  employ  our  tongue. 
HYMN  43.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
The  Christian  is  true  and  faithful  to  Jesus* 

1     A  ^  *  a  soldier  of  the  cross, 
-^-  A  follower  of  the  Lamb  ? 
And  shall  1  fear  to  own  his  cause* 
Or  blush  to  speak  his  name  ? 
2-  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies, 
On  flowery  beds  of  ease  ; 
While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 
And  sail'd  through  bloody  seas  I 

>  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face  ! 

Must  I  not  stem  the  flood  ? 
Is  this  wild  world  a  friend  to  grace,. 
To  help  me  on  to  God  ? 

i  Sure  I  must  Rght,  if  1  would  reign ; 
Be  faithful  to  my  Lord, 
And  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints,  in  all  this  glorious  war, 
Shall  conquer  though  they  die  ; 
They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  seize  it  with  their  eye. 

>  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 

And  all  thy  armies  shine 
In  robes  of  victory  through  the  skies, 
The  glory  shall  be  thine. 

HYMN  44.     First  Part.     L.   M. 
The  tenth  command. 

WHATEVER  thy  lot  on  earth  may  he, 
Let  it  contentment  yield  to  thee  ; 
Nor  others  envy,  nor  repine, 
Nor  covet  aught  that  is  not  thine. 
I  Justly  hast  thou  forbidden,  Lord, 
Each  murmuring  motion,  t    :>u  ht,  or  word; 


HYMN  XLIV.  345 

Justly  requiring  full  content 
With  what  thy  providence  hath  lent. 

3  But  can  a  sinner  lift  his  eye 
Before  the  Lord  of  hosts  on  high, 
And  say,  "this  precept  Fve  obey'd, 
"  Nor  from  it  ever  turned  aside  ?" 

4  Alive  without  the  law  I  stood, 

And  thought  my  state  was  safe  and  good  ; 
But  when  with  power  this  precept  came, 
I  saw  my  sin,  and  guilt,  and  shame. 
;T>  Lord,  1  adore  thy  saving  love, 

Which  did  from  me  the  curse  remove, 
By  hanging  on  the  accursed  tree, 
And  being  made  a  curse  for  me  ! 

HYMN  44.     Seeond  Part.     C.   M. 
They  who  are  converted  cannot  perfectly  ohey  the  law-. 

1  |~"1  RACE  has  enabled  me  to  love 
'JT  Thy  holy  law  and  will ; 

But  sin  has  not  yet  ceas'd  to  move, 
It  tyrannizes  still. 

2  Hence  often  fili'd  with  dread  alarms, 

My  peace  and  joy  subside  ; 
And  I've  employ  for  all  the  arms 
The  gospel  hath  supplied. 

3  Thus  different  powers  within  me  strive', 

While  opposites  I  feel ; 
J  grieve,  rejoice,  decline,  revive, 
As  sin  or  grace  prevail. 

4  But  Jesus  hath  his  promise  past ; 

Sin  with  the  body  dies : 
And  grace  in  all  his  saints  at  last 
Shall  gain  its  victories. 

HYMN  44.      Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Practical  use  of  the  moral  law. 

\    f\  Lord,  my  soul  convicted  stands 
"  Of  breaking  all  thy  ten  commands : 


346  HYMN  XLV. 

And  on  me  justly  might'st  thou  pour 
Thy  wrath  in  one  eternal  shower. 

2  But  thanks  to  God,  its  loud  alarms 
Have?  warn'd  me  of  approaching  harms . 
And  now,  O  Lord,  my  wants  1  see, 
Lost  and  undone,  I  come  to  thee. 

3  I  know  my  partial  righteousness 
Can  ne'er  thy  broken  law  redress  ; 
Yet  in  the  gospel  plan  I  see, 
There's  hopes  of  pardon  e'en  for  me-. 

i  There  I  behold  with  wonder,  Lord! 
That  Christ  hath  to  thy  law  restor'd 
Those  honours  on  the  atoning  day, 
Which  guilty  sinners  took  away. 

5  Amazing  wisdom,  power  and  love, 
Displayed  to  rebels  from  above! 
Do  thou,  O  Lord,  my  faith  increase 
To  love  and  trust  thy  plan  of  grace. 
HYMN  45.     First  Part.  L.  M, 
Prayer. 

J    V^HERE  is  my  God  ?  does  he  retire 
*  *     Beyond  the  reach  of  humble  sighs  / 
Are  these  weak  breathings  of  desire 
Too  languid  to  ascend  the  skies  : 

2  No,  Lord,  the  breathings  of  desire  : 
The  weak  petition,  if  sincere, 

Is  not  forbidden  to  aspire, 

But  reaches  thy  all-gracious  ear. 

3  Look  up,  my  soul,  with  cheerful  eye, 
See  where  the  great  Redeemer  stands  ; 
The  glorious  advocate  on  high, 

With  precious  incense  in  his  hands. 

4  He  sweetens  every  humble  groan, 
He  recommends  each  broken  prayer  : 
Recline  thy  hope  on  him  alone, 
Whose  power  and  love  forbid  despair. 


HYMN  XLV.  347 

HYMN   45.     Second  Part.     S.   M. 
The  prayer  of  faith. 

1  rpHE  Lord  who  truly  knows 

-■-    The  heart  of  ev'ry  saint, 
Invites  us  by  his  holy  word, 
To  pray  and  never  faint. 

2  He  bows  his  gracious  ear  ! 
We  never  plead  in  vain  ; 

Yet  wre  must  wait  till  he  appear, 
And  pray,  and  pray  again. 

3  Though  unbelief  suggest, 
Why  should  we  longer  wait  ? 

He  bids  us  never  give  him  rest, 
But  be  importunate. 

4  'Twas  thus  a  widow  poor, 
Without  support  or  friend, 

Beset  the  unjust  judge's  door, 
Andgain'dat  last  her  end  : 

5  And  shall  not  Jesus  hear 
His  chosen,  when  they  cry? 

Yes  ;  though  he  may  a  while  forbear. 
He'll  not  their  suit  deny. 

6  Then  let  us  earnest  be, 
And  never  faint  in  prayer  ; 

He  loves  our  importunity, 

And  makes. our  cause  his  care. 

HYMN  45.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 

Exhortation  to  prayer. 

1  "VMjTHAT  various  hindrances  we  meet 
™  »     In  coming  to  a  mercy  seat ! 

Yet  who  that  knows  the  worth  of  prayer, 
But  wishes  to  be  often  there? 

2  Pray'r  makes  the  darken'd  cloud  withdraw ; 
Pray'r  climbs  the  ladd»;    Jacob  saw  ; 
Gives  exercise  to  faith  and  love  ; 
Brings  every  blessing  from  above. 


348  HYMN  XLVi. 

3  Restraining  prayer  we  cease  to  fight ; 
Prayer  makes  the  christian's  armour  bright ; 
And  satan  trembles  when  he  sees 

The  weakest  saint  upon  his  knees. 

4  Were  half  the  breath  that's  vainly  spent, 
To  heaven  in  supplication  sent ; 

Our  cheerful  songs  would  oft'ner  be, 
"Hear  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  me  V% 

HYMN  45.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Lord's  prayer. 

1  f|UR  Father,  thron'd  in  heav'n  divine, 
^-^  To  thy  great  name  be  praises  paid ; 
Thy  kingdom  come, — Thy  glory  shine; 
And  thy  good  will  be  still  obey'd. 

2  Give  us  our  bread  from  day  to  day, 
And  all  our  wants  do  thou  supply  ; 
With  gospel  truth  feed  us,  we  pray, 
That  we  may  never  faint  or  die. 

3^Extend  thy  grace,  our  hearts  renew, 
Our  each  offence  in  love  forgive  ; 
Teach  us  divine  forgiveness  too, 
And  freed  from  evil,  let  us  live. 

4  For  thine'sthe  kingdom,  and  the  pow'r, 
And  all  the  glory  waits  thy  name  ; 
Let  ev'ry  saint  thy  grace  adore, 
And  sound  in  songs  their  loud  Amen. 
HYMN  46.     First  Part.      C.  M. 
Our  Father. 

1  ^VEREIGN  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 
►^  Allow  our  humble  claim  ;  [heads, 
Nor   while  poor  w/orms  would  raise  their 

Disdain  a  Father's  eama, 

2  Our  Father  God!  how  svreet  the  sound  I 

How  tendfT  and  how  dear ! 
Not  all  the  oielody  of  heaven 
Could  so  delight  the  ear. 


HYMN  XLVI.  349 

Come,  sacred  Spirit,  seal  the  name 

On  my  expanding  heart ; 
And  shew,  that  in  Jehovah's  grace 

1  share  a  filial  part. 
Cheered  hy  a  signal  so  divine, 

Unwavering  I  believe  : 
Thou  know'st  I  Abba,  Father,  cry 

Nor  can  thy  word  deceive. 

HYMN  46.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Our  Father  and  our  Saviour  are  in  Heaven. 

DESCEND  from  heav'n,  immortal  Dove, 
Stoop  down  and  take  us  on  thy  wing? 
And  mount  and  bear  us  far  above 
The  reach  of  these  inferior  things ; 
Beyond,  beyond  this  lower  sky, 
Up  where  eternal  ages  roll, 
Where  solid  pleasures  never  die, 
And  fruits  immortal  feast  the  soul, 
O  for  a  sight,  a  blissful  sight 
Of  our  almighty  Father's  throne  ! 
There  sits  the  Saviour  crown'd  with  light* 
Cloth'd  in  a  body  like  our  own. 
Adorning  saints  around  him  stand, 
While  thrones  and  powers  before  him  fall; 
And  God  shines  gracious  through  the  man, 
And  sheds  sweet  glories  on  them  all. 
O  what  amazing  joys  they  feel, 
While  to  their  golden  harps  they  sing, 
And  sit  on  every  heavenly  hill, 
And  spread  the  triumphs  of  their  Kingl 
When  shall  the  day,  dear  Lord,  appeaf, 
That  1  shall  mount,  to  dwell  above, 
And  stand,  and  bow,  and  worship  there, 
And  view  thy  face,  and  sing,  and  love? 
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350  HYMN  XLVII. 

HYMN  46.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Rejoicing  in  God* our  Father. 

1  piOME  shout  aloud  the  Father's  grace, 
V^  And  sing  the  Saviour's  love  : 

Soon  shall  you  join  the  glorious  theme 
In  loftier  strains  above. 

2  God,  the  eternal,  mighty  God, 

To  dearer  names  descends  : 

Calls  you  his  treasure  and  his  joy, 

His  children  and  his  friends. 

3  My  Father  God  !  and  may  these  lips 

Pronounce  a  name  so  dear ! 
Not  thus  could  heaven's  sweet  harmony 
Delight  my  list'ning  ear. 

4  Thanks  to  my  God  for  ev'ry  gift 

His  bounteous  hands  bestow ; 
And  thanks  eternal  for  that  love 
Whence  all  those  comforts  flow. 

5  Forever  let  my  grateful  heart 

His  boundless  grace  adore ; 
Which  gives  ten  thousand  blessings  now, 
And  bids  me  hope  for  more. 

HYMN  47.     First  Part.     L.  M. 

Hallowed  be  thy  name. 

1  A  MONG  the  princes,  earthly  gods, 
-^-  There's  none  hath  power  divine  ; 
Nor  are  their  names  or  works,  O  Lord, 
Or  natures,  like  to  thine. 

2  Thy  matchless  power,  thy  sovereign  sway, 
The  nations  shall  adore  ; 

Their  long  misguided  prayers  and  praise 
To  thee,  O  God,  restore. 

3  Let  all  confess  thy  name  and  know 
The  wonders  thou  hast  done  : 

Let  all  adore  thee,  God  supreme, 
And  own  thee,  God,  alone. 


HYMN  XLV1II.  3.01 

4  While  heaven,  and  all  who  dwell  on  high, 
To  thee  their  voices  raise  ; 
Let  the  whole  earth  assist  the  sky, 
And  join  to  advance  thy  praise. 

HYMN  47.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
The  name  of  God  exalted  above  all  praise. 

1  "INTERNAL  Power!  whose  high  ahode 
J-^  Becomes  the  grandeur  of  our  God; 
Infinite  length,  beyond  the  bounds 
Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds. 

2  The  lowest  step  above  thy  seat 
Rises  too  high  for  Gabriel's  feet ; 
In  vain  the  tallest  angel  tries 

To  reach  the  height  with  wond'ring  eyes. 

3  Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do  ? 
We  would  adore  our  Maker  too  ; 
From  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
The  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High ! 

4  Earth  from  afar,  has  heard  thy  fame, 
And  worms  have  learn'd  to  lisp  thy  name; 
But  O !  the  glories  of  thy  mind 

Leave  all  our  soaring  thoughts  behind. 

5  God  is  in  Heaven,  but  man  below; 

Be  short  our  tunes!  our  words  be  few,; 
A  sacred  reverence  checks  our  songs, 
And  praise  sits  silent  on  our  tongues. 

HYMN  48.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Thy  Kingdom  come. 

1  A  SCEND  thy  throne  almighty  King, 
-£*-  And  spread  thy  glories  all  abroad ; 
Let  thine  own  arm  salvation  bring, 
And  be  thou  known  the  gracious  God. 

2  Let  millions  bow  before  thy  seat, 
Let  humble  mourners  seek  thy  face  ; 
Bring  daring  rebels  to  thy  feet, 
Subdu'd  by  thy  victorious  grace, 


3.52  HYMN  XLVIII. 

3  O  let  the  kingdoms  of  the  world 
Become  the  kingdoms  of  the  Lord ; 
Let  saints  and  angels  praise  thy  name, 
Be  thou  through  neaven  and  earth  ador'd. 

HYMM  48.     Second  Part.     L.   M. 
Prayer  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel. 

1  TVRIGHT  as  the  sun's  mindian  blaze, 
-f  Vast  as  the  blessings  he  conveys, 
Wide  as  he  shines  from  pole  to  pole, 
And  permanent  as  his  control : 

2  So,  Jesus,  let  thy  kingdom  come ; 
Let  sin  and  hell's  terrific  gloom 
Thus,  at  thy  brightness,  flee  away, 
And  usher  in  the  promised  day. 

3  Then  shall  the  heathen  fill'd  with  awe, 
Learn  the  blest  knowledge  of  thy  law ; 
And  Antichrist,  on  ev'ry  shore, 

Fall  from  his  throne  to  rise  no  more. 

4  Then  shall  thy  lofty  praise  resound 

On  Afrie's  shore — through  Asia's  ground ; 

And  Europe  with  America 

Shall  stretch  their  eager  arms  to  thee. 

5  Then  shall  the  Jew  and  Gentile  meet 
In  pure  devotion  at  thy  feet : 

And  earth  shall  yield  thee,  as  thy  due, 
Her  fulness  and  her  glory  too. 

HYMN  48.     Third  Part.     L.  M. 
Prayer  for  the  Jews. 

1  FATHER  of  faithful  Abra'm,  hear 
-■■     Our  earnest  suit  for  Abra'm's  seed  ; 
Justly  they  claim  the  tend  ere  st  prayer 
From  us,  adopted  in  their  stead  : 

2  Outcasts  from  thee,  and  scatter'd  wide 
Through  every  nation  under  Heaven, 
Blaspheming  whom  they  crucify'd, 
Unsav'd,  unpity'd,  unforgiven. 

3  But  hast  thou  finally  forsook, 
Forever  cast  thine  own  away  ? 


HYMN  XLTX.  353 

Wiit  thou  not  bid  the  murderers  look 
On  him  they  pierc'd,  and  weep  and  pray? 

4  Come  then,  thou  great  Deliverer,  come ; 
The  veil  from  Jacob's  heart  remove; 
O  bring  thine  ancient  people  home, 
And  let  them  know  thy  dying  love  1 

HYMN  48.     Fourth  Part.     L.  M. 
Millennium. 

1  T  OOK  up,  ye  saints,  with  sweet  surprise, 
•*-^  Toward  the  joyful  coming  day, 
When  Jesus  shall  descend  the  skies, 

And  form  a  bright,  and  dazzling  ray. 

2  Nations  shall  in  a  day  be  born, 
And  swift,  like  doves,  to  Jesus  fly ; 

The  church  shall  know  no  clouds  return, 
No  sorrows  mixing  with  their  joy, 

3  The  lion  and  the  lamb  shall  feed 
Together  in  his  peaceful  reign ; 
And  Zion,  blest  with  heav'nly  bread, 
Of  pinching  wants  no  more  complain. 

4  The  Jew,  the  Greek,  the  bond,  the  free, 
Shall  boast  their  sep'rate  rights  no  more ; 
But  join  in  sweetest  harmony, 

Their  Lord,  their  Saviour  to  adore. 

5  Thus,  'till  a  thousand  years  be  past, 
Shall  holiness  and  peace  prevail ; 
And  every  knee  shall  bow  to  Christ, 
And  every  tongue  shall  Jesus  hail. 

6  Then  the  redeem'd  shall  mount  on  high, 
Where  their  delivering  Prince  is  gone; 
And  angels  at  his  word  shall  fly, 

To  bless  them  with  the  conqueror's crowa 

HYMN  49.     F^rst  Part.     C.  M. 
Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven. 

I    PHp  rlOUreign'gtjO  Lord,  thy  throne  ishigfey 
•*-   Thy  robes arn  light  and  majesty; 


354  HYMN  XLTX. 

Thy  power  is  sovereign  to  fulfil 
The  holy  counsels  of  thy  will. 

2  Thy  will  he  done  on  earth  below 
A.*'tis  in  heaven;  thy  grace  bestow 
On  us  and  all,  may  we  and  they 
Renounce  our  wills,  and  thine  obey. 

3  While  all  the  hosts  of  heaven  rejoice 
To  yield  obedience  to  thy  voice; 

Tn  constancy,  and  zeal,  and  love, 
May  we  resemble  those  above. 

HYMN  49.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Resignation  to  the  will  of  God. 

1  FF1HRO'  all  the  downward  tracts  of  time 

-*-    God's  watchful  eye  surveys  ; 
O !  who  so  wise  to  choose  our  lot, 
Or  regulate  our  ways  ! 

2  I  cannot  doubt  his  bounteous  love, 

Umneasurably  kind ; 
To  his  unerring,  gracious  will, 
Be  every  wish  resign'd. 

3  Good  when  he  gives,  supremely  good, 

Nor  less  when  he  denies ; 
Ev'n  crosses  from  his  sovereign  hand 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

4  Here  perfect  bliss  can  ne'er  be  found  ; 

The  honey's  mix'd  with  gall : 
'Midst  changing  scenes  and  dying  friends, 
Be  thou  my  all  in  all. 

HYMN  49.     Third  Part.     C.  M. 
The  will  of  God  be  done  in  providence. 

1  ¥T  is  the  Lord — enthron'd  in  light, 
*  Whose  claims  are  all  divine ; 
Who  has  an  undisputed  right 

To  govern  me  and  mine. 

2  It  is  the  Lord — should  I  distrust. 

Or  contradict  his  will, 


HYMN  L.  355 

Who  cannot  do  but  what  is  just, 
And  must  be  righteous  still. 

3  It  is  the  Lord — who  gives  me  all 

My  wealth,  my  friends,  my  ease  : 
And  of  his  bounties  may  recall 
Whatever  part  he  please. 

4  It  is  the  Lord — who  can  sustain 

Beneath  the  heaviest  load  ; 
From  whom  assistance  I  obtain 
To  tread  the  thorny  road. 

5  It  is  the  Lord — whose  matchless  skill 

Can  from  afflictions  raise 
Matter  eternity  to  fill 

With  every  growing  praise. 

6  It  is  the  Lord — my  covenant  God, 

Thrice  blessed  be  his  name  ! 
Whose  gracious  promise,  seaFd  with  blood, 
Must  ever  be  the  same. 

7  His  cov'nant  will  my  soul  defend, 

Should  nature's  self  expire  ; 
And  the  great  judge  of  all  descend 
In  awful  flames  of  fire. 

3  And  can  my  soul  with  hopes  like  these, 
Be  sullen,  or  repine  ? 
No,  gracious  God,  take  what  thou  please, 
1*11  cheerfully  resign. 

HYMN  50.     First  Part.      L.  M. 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

1  mi"0ST  gracious  Father,  God  of  all, 
•*"   To  thee  we  come,  on  thee  we  call ; 
By  whom  both  man  and  beast  are  fed, 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

2  All  our  supplies  on  thee  depend  ; 
Whate'er  we  want,  in  mercy  send ; 
Thou  art  the  glorious  fountain-head, 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 


356  HYMN  LI. 

3  Nothing,  0  Lord,  do  we  deserve  ; 
The  thought  of  merit  we  would  dread  ; 
Tis  as  an  alms  alone  we  crave, 

Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread. 

4  Forgiving  grace  do  thou  impart 
To  cheer  and  sanctify  each  heart  ; 
May  we  in  death  join  with  our  Head, 
And  feed  on  Christ  the  living  bread. 

HYMN  50.     Second  Part.     L.  M. 
Father,  feed  and  bring  us  safely  home  ! 

1  ralHROUG H  all  the  various  shifting  scene 
J-    Of  life's  mistaken  ill  or  good  ; 

Thy  hand,  O  God,  conducts  unseen 
The  beautiful  vicissitude. 

2  Thou  givest  with  paternal  care, 
Howe'er  unjustly  we  complain, 
To  each  their  necessary  share 

Of  joy  and  sorrow,  health  and  pain. 

3  Trust  we  to  youth,  or  friends  or  power, 
Fix  we  on  this  terrestrial  ball  ? 

When  most  secure,  the  coming  hour, 
If  thou  see  fit,  may  blast  them  all. 

4  When  lowest  sunk  with  grief  and  shame, 
Fill'd  with  affliction's  bitter  cup, 

Lost  to  relations,  friends  and  fame, 
Thy  powerful  hand  can  raise  us  up. 

5  Thy  powerful  consolations  cheer, 

Thy  smile  suppress  the  deep  fetch'd  sigh  ; 
Thy  hand  can  dry  the  trickling  tear 
That  secret  wets  the  orphan's  eye. 

6  Thus  far  sustain'd,  and  clottrd  and  fed, 
Thro' life's  tumultuous  scenes  we've  come; 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread  ; 

And  lead,  and  bring  us  safely  home. 
HYMN  51.    CM. 

Forgive  us  our  debts  as  we  forgive  our  debtors. 

1     j    ORD,  at  thv  feet  we  sinners  lie, 


HYMN  LII.  357 

With  heavy  heart  and  downcast  eye, 
Thy  favour  we  implore, 

2  In  deep  distress  we  seek  thy  face 

Forgiveness  to  receive  ; 
We  trust  our  souls  are  taught  through  grace, 
Our  debtors  to  forgive. 

3  'Tis  pardon,  pardon  we  implore, 

O  let  thy  bowels  move  ; 
Thy  grace  is  an  exhaustless  store, 
And  thou  thyself  art  love. 

•1  Oh,  for  thine  own,  for  Jesus'  sake, 
Our  many  sins  forgive  ; 
Thy  grace  our  rocky  hearts  can  break, 
And  breaking  soon  relieve. 
5  Mercy,  good  Lord,  mercy  we  plead, 
This  is  the  total  sum  : 
Mercy  through  Christ,  mercy  we  need  ; 
Lord,  let  thy  mercy  come. 

HYMN  52.     First  Part.     L.  M. 
Temptations. 

1  fi^HUS  far  my  God  has  led  me  on, 

-*-  And  made  his  truth  and  mercy  known ; 
My  hopes  and  fear-s  alternate  rise, 
And  comforts  mingle  with  my  sighs. 

2  Through  this  wide  wilderness  I  roam, 
Far  distant  from  my  blissful  home  ; 
Lord  let  thy  presence  be  my  stay^ 
And  guard  me  in  this  dangerous  way. 

3  Temptations  every  where  annoy, 
And  sins  and  snares  my  peace  destroy  ; 
My  earthly  joys  are  from  me  torn, 
And  oft  an  absent  God  I  mourn. 

4  My  soul  with  various  tempests  toss'd, 
Her  hopes  o'erturn'd,  her  projects  cross'd, 
Sees  every  day  new  straits  attend, 

And  wonders  where  the  scene  will  end, 


358  HYMN  LII. 

5  Is  this,  dear  Lord,  that  thorny  *road, 
Which  leads  us  to  the  mount  of*  God? 
Are  these  the  toils  thy  people  know, 
While  in  the  wilderness  below  ? 

6  'Tis  even  so,  thy  faithful  love 

Doth  all  thy  children's  graces  prove ; 
'Tis  thus  our  pride  and  self  must  fall, 
That  Jesus  may  be  all  in  all. 

HYMN  52.     Second  Part.     C.  M. 
Deliver  us  from  evil. 

1  mEACH  us,  O  Lord,  aright  to  plead 
-■-    For  mercies  from  above  : 

O  come  and  bless  our  souls  indeed, 
With  light,  and  joy,  and  love. 

2  The  gospel's  promis'd  land  is  wide, 

We  fain  would  enter  in  ; 
But  we  are  press'd  on  every  side, 
W7ith  unbelief  and  sin. 

3  Arise,  O  Lord,  enlarge  our  coast, 

Let  us  possess  the  whole  ; 
That  satan  may  no  longer  boast, 
He  can  thy  work  control. 

4  O !  may  thy  hand  be  with  us  still, 

Our  gide  and  guardian  be  ; 
To  keep  us  safe  from  every  ill, 

Till  death  shalll  set  us  free. 
9  Help  us  on  thee  to  cast  our  care, 

And  on  thy  word  to  rest ; 
That  Israel's  God,  who  heareth  prayer, 

Will  grant  us  our  request. 

HYMN  52.      Third  Part.     C.  M. 
Perseverance. 

1   ¥1  E.TOICE,  believer,  in  the  Lord, 
-■•*'  Who  makes  your  cause  his  own  ; 
The  hope  that  built  upon  his  word, 
Can  n'er  be  overthrown, 


HYMN  LII.  359 

2  Though  many  foes  beset  your  road, 

And  feeble  is  your  arm  ; 
Your  life  is  bid  with  Christ  in  God, 
Beyond  the  reach  of  harm. 

3  Weak  as  you  are,  you  shall  not  faint, 

Or  fainting,  shall  not  die ; 
Jesus,  the  strength  of  every  saint, 
Will  aid  you  from  on  high. 
1  As  surely  as  he  overcame, 

And  triumph'd  once  for  you  ; 
So  surely,  you  that  love  his  name, 
Shall  triumph  in  him  too. 

HYMN  52.     Fourth   Part.     C.  M. 
Victory  through  free  grace. 

1  ET  me,  my  Saviour  and  my  God, 
•■-^  On  sovereign  grace  rely  ; 

And  own  'tis  free,  because  bestow'd 
On  one  so  vile  as  I. 

2  Election!  'tis  a  word  divine  ; 

For,  Lord,  I  plainly  see, 
Had  not  thy  choice  prevented  mine, 
I  ne'er  had  chosen  thee. 

3  For  per  severance ,  strength  I've  none  ; 

But  would  on  this  depend, 
That,  Jesus,  having  lov'd  his  own, 
Will  love  them  to  the  end. 

4  Empty  and  bare,  I  come  to  thee 

For  righteousness  divine  : 
O  may  thy  glorious  merits  be, 
By  imputation,  mine. 

5  Free  grace  alone  can  wipe  the  tears 

From  my  lamenting  eyes  : 
And  raise  my  soul,  from  guilty  fears, 
To  joy  that  never  dies. 

6  Free  grace  can  death  itself  out-brave, 

And  take  the  sting  away  : 


360  HYMN  LII. 

Can  sinners  to  the  utmost  save, 
And  give  them  victory. 

HYMN  52.     Fifth  Part.     L.  M. 
Thine  is  the  Kingdom,  Power  and  Glory. 

1  |"fctTR  grateful  tongues,  immortal  King, 
^J  The  glory  shall  forever  sing  ; 

Our  hymns  to  time's  remotest  day, 
Thy  truth  in  sacred  notes  display. 

2  What  porv'r,  O  Lord,  shaH  vie  with  thine  ? 
What  name  among  the  saints,  who  shine, 
Of  equal  excellence  possess'd, 

Thy  sovereignty  will  dare  contest  ? 

3  Thee,  Lord,  heaven's  hosts,  their  maker  own, 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  thine  alone  ; 

Thee,  endless  majesty  has  crown'd, 
And  glory  ever  vests  thee  round. 

4  Thrones  and  dominions  round  thee  fall ; 
Thy  presence  shakes  this  lower  ball  : 
From  change  to  change  the  creatures  run  ; 
But  all  thy  vast  designs  are  one. 

5  O  wise  in  all  thy  works  !  thy  name 
Let  man's  whole  race  aloud  proclaim  ; 
And  grateful  through  the  length  of  days, 
In  ceaseless  songs  repeat  thy  praise. 

HYMN  52.     Sixth  Part.     L.  M. 
Home  in  view. 

1  AS  when  the  weary  traveller  gains 
-^  The  height  of  some  o'erlooking  hill, 
His  heart  revives,  if  'cross  the  plains 

He  eyes  his  home,  though  distant  still. 

2  Thus,  when  the  Christian  pilgrim  views 
By  faith,  his  mansion  in  the  skies  ; 
The  sight  his  fainting  strength  renews, 
And  wings  his  speed  to  reach  the  prize. 

3  The  thought  of  home  his  spirit  cheers, 
No  more  he  grieves  for  troubles  past ; 


JHYMN  lti.  aei 

Nor  any  future  trial  fears, 
So  he  may  safe  arrive  at  last. 

4  'Tis  there,  he  says,  I  am  to  dwell 
With  Jesus,  in  the  realms  of  day  : 
There  1  Shall  bid  my  cares  farewell, 
And  he  will  wipe  my  tears  away. 

5  Jesus,  on  thee  our  hope  depends, 
To  lead  us  on  to  thine  abode  : 
Assur'd  our  home  will  make  amends 
For  all  our  toil  while  on  the  road. 

HYMN  52.     Seventh  Part.     L.  M. 
Amen. 

1  A  MEN  !  my  Father  hears  my  prayers, 
-^-He  knows  my  sorrows,  counts  my  tears; 
He  never  said  to  Jacob's  race, 

In  vain  ye  seek  your  father's  face. 

2  Amen  !  my  precious  Jesus  lives, 
And  access  to  his  people  gives  ; 

A  rainbow  now  surrounds  the  throne, 
And  in  his  name  I  boldly  come. 

3  Amen  !  the  Spirit  will  impart 
His  sacred  influence  to  my  heart ; 
He'll  teach  and  help  me  when  1  pray, 
Nor  shall  I  go  asham'd  away. 

4  Amen  !  the  words  my  lips  pronounce, 
The  wishes  of  my  soul  announce  ; 
And  God  more  willing  is  to  give, 
Than  1  am  willing  to  receive. 

5  Amen !  I  said,  when  first  I  gave 
Myself  to  Christ,  that  he  might  save  ? 
And  still  my  tongue  repeats  that  word  ; 
Whene'er  I  call  upon  my  Lord. 

6  Amen  !  I  will  not  faint  or  cease, 
But  wait  as  long  as  he  shall  please  ; 
Depending,  praying,  pressing  on, 
'Till  to  himself  he  takes  me  home. 

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362  HYMN  LII. 

7  Amen  !  The  covenant  is  secure, 

In  all  things  order'd  well,  and  sure  ; 
The  promises  confirm'd  remain, 
In  Christ  they're  yea,  in  him  Amen. 

8  Amen  !  this  h  the  Saviour's  name, 
He  is  the  faithful,  true  Amen  ; 
As  he  hath  said,  so  shall  it  be, 
Amen  to  all  eternity. 


HYMNS. 


ADAPTED  TO  THE  LORD  S  SUPPER 


HYMN   53.      L.  M. 

Lei  a  man  examine  himself,  and  so  let  him  eat. 

1  \KTri AT  strange  perplexities  arise  ? 

▼  ▼    What  anxious  fears  and  jealousies  ? 
What  crowds  in  doubtful  light  appear? 
How  few,  alas,  approv'd  and  clear! 

2  And  what  am  I  ? — My  soul,  awake, 
And  an  impartial  survey  take  ; 

Does  no  dark  sign,  no  ground  of  fear, 
In  practice  or  in  heart  appear  ? 

3  What  image  does  my  spirit  bear  ? 
Is  Jesus  form'd,  and  living  there  ? 
Say,  do  his  lineaments  divine 

In  thought,  and  word,  and  action  shine  ? 

4  Searcher  of  hearts,  O  search  me  still; 
The  secrets  of  my  soul  reveal ; 

My  fears  remove ;  let  me  appear 

To  God,  and  my  own  conscience  clear. 

5  May  I  consistent  with  thy  word, 
Approach  thy  table,  O  my  Lord? 
May  I  among  thy  saints  appear  ? 
Shall  I  a  welcome  guest  be  there  ? 

6  Have  I  the  wedding  garment  on, 
Or  do  I  naked  stand  alone  ? 

O  !  quicken,  clothe,  and  feed  my  soul, 
Forgive  my  sins,  and  make  me  whole. 

HYMN  54.    L.  M, 

Preparation. 

I    "INTERNAL  King,  enthron'd  above, 
-■-^  Look  down  in  faithfulness  and,  love;. 


364  HYMN  LV. 

Prepare  our  hearts  to  seek  thy  face, 
And  grant  us  thy  reviving  grace. 

2  Long  have  we  heard  the  joyful  call, 
But  yet  our  faith  and  love  are  small ; 
Our  hearts  are  torn  with  worldly  cares, 
And  all  our  paths  are  fill'd  with  snares. 

3  Unworthy  to  approach  thy  throne, 

Our  trust  is  nVd  on  Christ  alone ; 
In  him  thy  covenant  stands  secure, 
And  will  from  age  to  age  endure. 

4  O  let  us  hear  thy  pard'ning  voice, 
And  bid  our  mourning  hearts  rejoice  ; 
Revive  our  souls,  our  faith  renew, 
Prepare  for  duties  now  in  view. 

5  Make  all  our  spices  flow  abroad, 
A  grateful  incense  to  our  God  ; 
Let  hope,  and  love,  and  joy  appear, 
And  every  grace  be  active  here. 

HYMN  55.     L.  M. 

Preparation. 

1  npHE  broken  bread,  the  blessed  cup, 
-■-    On  which  we  now  are  calPd  to  sup, 

Without  thy  help  and  grace  divine, 
"Will  prove  no  more  than  bread  and  wine. 

2  But  come,  great  Master  of  the  feast, 
Dispense  thy  grace  to  every  guest ; 
Direct  our  views  to  Calvary, 

And  help  us  to  remember  thee. 

3  Let  us  with  light  and  truth  be  blest, 
That  on  thy  bosom  we  may  rest ; 
And  at  thy  supper  each  may  learn 
Thy  broken  body  to  discern. 

4  O  that  our  souls  may  now  be  fed 
With  Christ  himself  the  living  bread  ; 
That  we  the  covenant  may  renew 
And  to  our  vows  be  render'd  true  ' 


v      HYMN  LVn:  365 

HYMN  56.     C.  M. 

Invitation. 

1  ^TE  wretched,  hungry,  starving  poor, 
■■■    Behold  a  royal  feast ! 

Where  mercy  spreads  her  bounteous  storer 
For  every  humble  guest. 

2  See  Jesus  stands  with  open  arms; 
He  calls,  he  bids  you  come : 

Guilt  holds  you  back,  and  fear  alarms  ; 
But  see,  there  yet  is  room. 

3  Room  in  the  Saviour's  bleeding  heart;. 
There  love  and  pity  meet ; 

Nor  will  he  bid  the  soul  depart, 
That  trembles  at  his  feet. 

4  In  him  the  Father  reconcil'd 
Invites  your  souls  to  come  ; 

The  rebel  shall  be  call'd  a  child, 
And  kindly  welcomed  home. 

5  O  !  come,  and  with  his  children  taste^ 
The  blessings  of  his  love  ; 

While  hope  attends  the  sweet  repast 
Of  nobler  joys  above*   * 

6  There  with  united  heart  and  voice, 
Before  th'  eternal  throne, 

Ten  thousand  thousand  souls  rejoice^ 
In  extacies  unknown; 

7  And  yet  ten  thousand  thousand  more^ 
Are  welcome  still  to  come ; 

Ye  longing  souls*  the  grace  adore; 
Approach,  there  yet  is  room. 

HYMN  57.    G.  ffc. 

Invitation,. 

1   rilHE  King  of  Heaven  his  table  spreads^ 
-■-    And  blessings  crown  the  board ; 
Not  Paradise,  with  all  its  joys, 
Could  such  delight  afford* 
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366  HYMN  LIX, 

2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  men, 

And  endless  life  are  given ; 
Through  the  rich  blood  that  Jesus  shed 
To  raise  our  souls  to  heaven. 

3  Ye  hungry  poor,  that  long  have,  strayed 

In  sin's  dark  mazes,  come; 
Come,  from  your  most  obscure  retreats, 
And  grace  shall  find  you  room. 

4  Millions  of  souls  in  glory  now, 

Were  fed  and  feasted  here  ; 
And  millions  more,  still  on  the  way, 
Around  the  board  appear. 

£  All  things  are  ready,  come  away, 
Nor  weak  excuses  frame ; 
Crowd  to  your  places  at  the  feast, 
And  bless  the  Founder's  name. 

HYMN  58.    L.  M. 

Invitation. 

1  flOME  in,  ye  blessed  of  the  Lord, 
^  Ye  that  believe  his  holy  word  ; 
Come,  and  receire  his  heav'nly  bread, 
The  food  with  which  his  saints  are  fed. 

2  Your  Saviour's  boundless  goodness  prove, 
And  feast  on  his  redeeming  love ; 
Come,  all  ye  happy  souls,  that  thirst, 
The  last  is  welcome  as  the  first. 

3  Come  to  his  table  and  receive 
Whate'er  a  pard'ning  God  can  give ; 
His  love  thro*  ev'ry  age  endures ; 
His  promise  and  himself  are  yours. 

HYMN  59.    P.  M. 

Invitation — It  is  finished. 

I  ¥¥ARK!  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy 
£1  Sounds  aloud  from  Calvary ; 
See  !  it  rends  the  rocks  asunder, 
Shakes  the  earth,  and  veils  the  sky  ! 


HYMN  LX.  367 

"It  is  finish'd!" 

Hear  the  dying  Saviour  cry. 

It  is  finish'd  !  O  what  pleasure 

Do  these  precious  words  afford  ! 
Heav'nly  blessings  without  measure, 

Flow  to  us  from  Christ  the  Lord  : 
It  is  finish'd ! 
Saints,  the  dying  words  record. 

Finish'd,  all  the  types  and  shadows 

Of  the  ceremonial  law ! 
Finish'd,  all  that  God  had  promised  ; 

Death  and  hell  no  more  shall  awe  : 
It  is  finish'd ! 

Saints  from  hence  your  comfort  draw. 
Happy  souls,  approach  the  table, 

Taste  the  soul-revivingjfood ! 
Nothing's  half  so  sweet  and  pleasant 

As  the  Saviour's  flesh  and  blood. 
It  is  finish'd ! 
Christ  has  borne  the  heavy  load. 

Tune  your  harps,  anew,  ye  seraphs, 
Join  to  sing  the  pleasing  theme ; 

All  on  earth,  and  all  in  heav'n, 
Join  to  praise  lmmanuel's  name  ! 

Hallelujah! 

Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb ! 

HYMN  60.     L.  M. 

Tfie  memorial  of  our  absent  Lord, 

JESUS  is  gone  above  the  skies 
Where  our  weak  senses  reach  him  not ; 
And  carnal  objects  court  our  eyes, 
To  thrust  our  Saviour  from  our  thought. 
He  knows  what  wondering  hearts  we  have. 
Apt  to  forget  his  lovely  face : 
And  to  refresh  our  minds,  he  gave 
These  kind  memorials  of  his  grace 


368  HYMN  LXII. 

3  The  Lord  of  life  this  table  spread 
With  his  own  flesh  and  dying  blood  ; 
We  on  the  rich  provision  feed, 

And  taste  the  wine,  and  bless  our  God. 

4  Let  sinful  sweets  be  all  forgot, 
And  earth  grow  less  in  our  esteem  ; 
Christ  and  his  love  fill  every  thought* 
And  faith  and  hope  be  fix'd  on  him. 

5  While  he  is  absent  from  our  sight, 
'Tis  to  prepare  our  souls  a  place; 
That  we  may  dwell  in  heavenly  light, 
And  live  for  ever  near  his  face. 

6  Our  eyes  look  upwards  to  the  hills 
Whence  our  returning  Lord  shall  come ; 
We  wait  thy  chariot's  awful  wheels, 

To  fetch  our  longing  spirits  home. 
HYMN  61.    CM. 

The  Love  of  Christ. 

1  ¥¥OW  condescending,  and  how  kind 
•*"■-  WTas  God's  eternal  Son ! 

Our  misery  reach'd  his  heavenly  mind, 
And  pity  brought  him  down. 

2  When  justice,  T^y  our  sins  provok'd, 

Drew  forth  his  dreadful  sword ; 
He  gave  his  soul  up  to  the  stroke, 
Without  a  murm'ring  word. 

3  Here  we  receive  repeated  seals 

Of  Jesus'  dying  love  : 
Hard  is  the  wretch  that  never  feels 
One  soft  affection  move. 

4  Here  let  our  hearts  begin  to  melt, 

While  we  his  death*  record ; 
And,  with  our  joy  for  pardon'd  guilt, 
Mourn  that  we  pierc'd  the  Lord. 
HYMN  62.    C.  M. 

Christ  the  Bread  oj  Life. 

1    I    ET  us  adore  the  eternal  Word^ 
•L*  'Tis  he  our  souls  hath  fed ; 


HYMN  LXIIL,  369 

Thou  art  our  living  stream,  O  Lord, 
And  thou  the  immortal  bread. 

2  Bless'd  be  the  Lord,  that  gives  his  flesh 

To  nourish  dying  men  ; 
And  often  spreads  his  table  fresh, 
Lest  we  should  faint  again. 

3  Our  souls  shall  draw  their  heavenly  breath* 

Whilst  Jesus  finds  supplies  : 
Nor  shall  our  graces  sink  to  death, 
For  Jesus  never  dies. 

4  The  God  of  mercy  be  ador'd, 

Who  calls  our  souls  from  death  ; 
Who  saves  by  his  redeeming  word, 
And  new  creating  breath. 

5  To  praise  the  Father  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  all  divine  ; 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  Saints  and  Angels  join. 

HYMN  63.     L.  M. 

On  the  first  approach  to  the  horoVs  Table. 

1  X  ORD,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 

-L^  Purchas'd  and  sav'd  by  blood  divine  ; 
W'th  full  consent  thine  I  would  be, 
And  own  thy  sov'reign  right  in  me. 

2  Here  Lord,  my  flesh,  my  soul,  my  all, 
I  yield  to  thee  beyond  recall : 
Accept  thine  own,  so  long  withheld  ; 
Accept  what  I  so  freely  yield ! 

3  Giant  one  poor  sinner  more  a  place 
Among  the  children  of  thy  grace  ; 
A  wretched  sinner,  lost  to  God, 

But  ransom'd  by   ImmanuePs  blood. 

4  Thine  would  1  live — thine  would  1  die  ; 
Be  thine  through  all  eternity; 

The  vow  is  past  beyond  repeal ; 
And  now  I  set  the  solemn  seal. 


370  HYMN  LXV. 

5  Be  thou  the  witness  of  my  vow, 
Angels  and  men  attest  it  too ; 
That  to  thy  board  1  now  repair, 
And  seal  the  sacred  contract  there. 

6  Here  at  that  cross  where  flows  the  blood 
That  bought  my  guilty  soul  for  God  ; 
Thee,  my  new  Master,  now  I  call, 

And  consecrate  to  thee  my  all. 

7  Do  thou  assist  a  feeble  worm, 
The  great  engagement  to  perform ; 
Thy  grace  can  full  assistance  lend, 
And  on  that  grace  1  dare  depend. 

HYMN  64.    C.  M. 

Faith,  Hope,  and  Love. 

1  FI1HE  blest  memorials  of  thy  grief* 
-*-    The  sufferings  of  thy  death, 

We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive, 
But  would  receive  with  faith. 

2  The  tokens  sent  us  to  relieve 

Our  spirits  when  they  droop, 
We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive, 
But  would  receive  with  hope. 

3  The  pledges  thou  wast  pleas'd  to  leave,, 

Our  mournful  minds  to  move  ; 
We  come,  dear  Saviour,  to  receive ; 
But  would  receive  with  love. 

4  Here  in  obedience  to  thy  word, 

We  take  the  bread  and  wine ; 
The  utmost  we  can  do,  dear  Lord, 
For  ail  beyond  is  thine. 

5  Increase  our  faith  and  hope,  and  love ; 

Lord  give  us  all  that's  good: 
We  would  thy  full 4^fe*£ion  prove, 
And  share  thy  flesh^a™MW^<l 

HYMN  65.     L.  M^**fcv~ 
Struggling  against  unbelief. 

1   "piT Y  a  helpless  sinner,  Lor<H  . 

■TWho  would  believe  thy  gracious  word: 


HYMN  LXVI.  371 

Who  owns  his  heart,  with  shame  and  grief, 

A  sink  of  sin  and  unbelief. 

Lord,  in  thy  house,  1  read  there's  room, 

And  venturing  hard,  behold  I  come  ; 

But  can  there,  Saviour  !  can  there  be, 

Among  the  children  room  for  me  ? 

1  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine  : 

But  oh !  my  soul  wants  more  than  sign  ! 

I  faint,  unless  I  feed  on  thee, 

And  drink  thy  blood  as  shed  for  me. 

For  sinners,  Lord,  thou  cam'st  to  bleed  ; 
And  I'm  a  sinner  vile  indeed  ! 
Lord,  f  believe  thy  grace  is  free  ; 
O  !  magnify  thy  grace  in  me. 

HYMN  66.     P.  M. 

We  celebrate  his  dying1  love. 

JESLTS,  once  for  sinners  slain, 
From  the  dead  was  rais'd  again ; 
And  in  heaven  is  now  set  down 
With  his  Father  on  his  throne. 

There  he  reigns  a  king  supreme  : 
We  shall  also  reign  with  him  : 
Feeble  souls  be  not  dismay 'd  ; 
Trust  in  his  almighty  aid. 

He  has  made  an  end  of  sin  ; 
And  his  blood  hath  wash'd  us  clean  : 
Fear  not  ;  he  is  ever  near  ; 
Now,  even  now,  he's  with  us  here. 
Thus  assembling,  we  by  faith, 
Till  he  come,  shew  forth  his  death  ; 
Of  his  body,  bread's  the  sign  : 
And  we  view  his  blood  in  wine. 
Saints  on  earth,  with  saints  above, 
Celebrate  his  dying  love  ; 
And  let  every  ransom'd  soul 
Sound  his  praise  from  pole  to  pole. 


372  HYMN  LXVII1. 

HYMN  67.    L.  M. 

The  gospel  Feast. 

1  ¥TOW  rich  are  thy  provisions,  Lord  ! 
-"-  Thy  table  furnish'd  from  above  : 
The  fruits  of  life  o'erspread  the  board, 
The  cup  o'erflows  with  heavenly  love. 

2  Thine  ancient  family,  the  Jews, 
Were  first  invited  to  the  feast  : 
We  humbly  take  what  they  refuse, 
And  Gentiles  thy  salvation  taste. 

3  We  are  the  poor,  the  blind,  the  lame, 
And  help  was  far,  and  death  was  nigh  ! 
But,  at  the  gospel  call,  we  came, 
And  every  want  receiv'd  supply. 

4  From  the  highway  that  leads  to  hell, 
From  paths  of  darkness  and  despair, 
Lord,  we  are  come  with  thee  to  dwell, 
Glad  to  enjoy  thy  presence  here. 

5  What  shall  we  pay  the  eternal  Son, 
That  left  the  heaven  of  his  abode  ; 
And  to  this  wretched  earth  came  down, 
To  bring  his  wand'rers  back  to  God ! 

6  It  cost  him  death  to  save  our  lives  ; 
To  buy  our  souls,  it  cost  his  own ; 
And  a!l  the  unknown  joys  he  gives, 
Were  bought  with  agonies  unknown. 

7  Our  everlasting  love  is  due 

To  him  that  ransom'd  sinners  lost, 
And  pitied  rebels,  when  he  knew 
The  vast  expense  his  love  would  cost. 

8  To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  three  in  One, 
Be  honour,  praise,  aud  glory  given 
By  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaven. 

HYMN  68.     L.  M.    I 

Not  ashamed  of  Christ  crucified, 

I  AT  thy  command,  our  dearest  Lord, 
-«•  Here  we  attend  thy  dying  feast  ; 


HYMN  LXIX  373 

Thy  blood,  like  wine,  adorns  thy  board, 
And  thine  own  flesh  feeds  every  guest. 

Our  faith  adores  thy  bleeding  love, 
And  trusts  for  life  in  one  that  died  ; 
We  hope  for  heavenly  crowns  abo*e, 
From  a  Redeemer  crucified. 

Let  the  vain  world  pronounce  its  shame, 
And  fling  their  scandals  on  the  cause  : 
We  come  to  boast  our  Saviour's  name, 
And  make  our  triumphs  In  his  cross. 
With  joy  we  tell  the  scoffing  age, 
He,  that  was  dead,  has  left  his  tomb, 
He  lives  above  their  utmost  rage, 
And  we  are  waiting  till  he  come. 

HYMN  69.    C.  M. 

His  flesh  is  meat  indeed. 

HERE  at  thy  table,  Lord,  we  meet, 
To  feed  on  food  divine  ; 
Thy  body  is  the  bread  we  eat, 

Thy  precious  blood  the  wine. 
He  that  prepares  this  rich  repast, 
Himself  comes  down  and  dies  ; 
And  then  invites  us  thus  to  feast 
Upon  the  sacrifice. 

Here  peace  and  pardon  sweetly  flow  ; 

O  what  delightful  food  ! 
We  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine, 

But  think  on  nobler  good. 
.  The  bitter  torments  he  endur'd, 

Upon  th'  accursed  tree, 
For  me,  each  welcome  guest  may  say, 

'Twas  all  procur'd  for  me. 

»  Sure  there  was  never  love  so  free, 
Dear  Saviour,  so  divine  : 
Well  may'st  thou  claim  that  heart  of  me, 
Which  owes  so  much  to  thine  ! 
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m  HYMN  LXXI. 

HYMN  70.     P.  M. 

The  blood  of  Christ. 

1  ^TE  sin-sick  souls  draw  near, 

JL    And  banquet  with  your  King, 

His  royal  bounty  share, 

And  loud  hosannas  sing  : 
Here  mercy  reigns,  here  peace  abounds, 
Here's  blood  1o  heal  your  dreadful  wounds. 

2  He's  on  a  throne  of  grace, 
And  waits  to  answer  pray'r  : 
What  though  thy  sin  and  guilt 
Like  crimson  doth  appear, 

The  blood  of  Christ  divinely  flows, 
A  healing  balm  for  all  thy  woes. 

3  O  wondrous  love  and  grace  ! 
Did  Jesus  die  for  me  ? 
Were  all  my  num'rous  debts 
Discharg'd  on  Calvary  ? 

Yes,  Jesus  dy'd — the  work  is  done  ; 
He  did  for  all  my  sins  atone. 

4  On  earth  I'll  sing  his  love^ 
In  heav'n  I  too  shall  join 
The  ransom'd  of  the  Lord, 
In  accents  all  divine  ; 

And  see  my  Saviour  face  to  face, 
And- ever  dwell  in  his  embrace. 

HYMN  71.     CM. 

This  cup  is  the  New -Testament  in  my  blood. . 

1  fTHHE  promise  of  my  Father's  love 

A    Shall  stand  forever  good  ; 
He  said,  and  gave  his  soul  to  death, 
And  seal'd  the  grace  with  blood. 

2  To  this  dear  covenant  of  thy  word, 

I  set  my  worthless  name ; 
1  seal  th'  engagement  to  my  Lord, 
And  make  my  humble  claim. 


HYMN  LXXIII.  375 

The  light,  and  strength,  and  pard'ning  grace, 

And  glory,  shall  be  mine  ; 
My  life  and  soul,  my  heart  and  flesh, 

And  all  my  powers  are  thine. 
I  call  that  legacy  my  own, 

Which  Jesus  did  bequeath ; 
'Twas  purchas'd  with  a  dying  groan, 

And  ratify 'd  in  death. 

Sweet  is  the  memVy  of  his  name, 

Who  bless'd  us  in  his  will, 
And  to  his  Testament  of  love, 

Made  his  own  life  the  seal. 

HYMN  72.     L.  M. 

Worthy  is  the  Lamb  that  was  slain. 

OTHE  sweet  wonders  of  that  cross, 
Where  God  the  Saviour  lov'd  and  died ! 
Her  noblest  life  my  spirit  draws 
From  his  dear  wounds,  and  bleeding  side. 
I  would  for  ever  speak  his  name 
In  sounds  to  mortal  ears  unknown  : 
With  angels  join  to  praise  the  Lamb, 
And  worship  at  his  Father's  throne. 
All  hail !  thou  great  Immanuel,  hail ! 
Ten  thousand  blessings  on  thy  name  ! 
While  thus  thy  wondrous  love  we  tell, 
Our  bosoms  feel  the  sacred  flame. 

Come,  quickly  come,  immortal  King ! 
On  earth  thy  regal  honours  raise, 
The  full  salvation  promis'd  bring, 
Then  every  tongue  shall  sing  thy  praise ! 

HYMN  73.     L..M. 

Thanksgiving, 

THE  food  on  which  thy  children  live, 
Great  God  is  thine  alone  to  give : 
And  we,  for  grace  receiv'd,  would  raise 
A  sacred  song  of  love  and  praise. 


376  HYMN  LXXIV. 

2  How  vast,  how  full,  how  rich,  how  free, 
Dear  Jesus,  thy  rich  treasures  be  ! 

To  the  full  fountain  of  our  joys, 
We  gladly  come  for  fresh  supplies. 

3  For  this  we  wait  upon  thee,  Lord, 
For  this  we  listen  to  thy  word  : 
Descend  like  gentle  showers  of  rain, 
Nor  let  our  souls  attend  in  vain. 

HYMN  74.    C.  M. 

Thanksgiving. 

1  ¥  ORD,  at  thy  table  1  behold 
■*-^  The  wonders  of  thy  grace  ; 
But  most  of  all  admire,  that  1 

Should  find  a  welcome  place. 

2  I  that  am  all  deftTd  with  sin, 

A  rebel  to  my  God  ; 
I  that  have  crucifi'd  his  Son, 
And  trampled  on  his  blood  ! 

3  What  strange  surprising  grace  is  this, 

That  such  a  soul  has  room  ! 
My  Saviour  takes  me  by  the  hand, 
My  Jesus  bids  me  come. 

4  Eat,  O  my  friends,  the  Saviour  cries, 

The  feast  was  made  for  you  : 
For  you  I  groan'd,  and  bled,  and  died, 
And  rose,  and  triumph'd  too. 

5  With  trembling  faith,  and  bleeding  heart, 

Lord,  I  accept  thy  love  : 
'Tis  a  rich  banquet  I  have  had, 
What  will  it  be  above? 

6  Ye  saints  below,  and  hosts  of  heaven, 

Join  all  your  praising  powers  ; 
No  theme  is  like  redeeming  love, 
No  Saviour  is  like  ours. 

7  Had  I  ten  thousand  hearts,  dear  Lord, 

I'd  give  them  all  to  thee  : 


HYMN  LXXV.  377 

Had  I  ten  thousand  tongues,  they  all 

Should  join  the  harmony. 
8  To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

The  God,  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory  as  it  was,  is  now, 

And  shall  be  evermore. 

HYMN  75.    C.  M. 

Hosanna. 

1  gJHOUT  and  proclaim  the  Saviour's  love, 
^   Ye  saints  that  taste  his  wine ; 

Join  with  your  kindred  saints  above, 
In  loud  Hosannas  join. 

2  A  thousand  glories  to  our  God 

Who  gives  such  joy  as  this  ; 
Hosanna!  let  it  sound  abroad, 
And  reach  where  Jesus  is. 

3  To  praise  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  all  divine, 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One., 
Let  Saints  and  Angels  join. 


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HYMNS. 

MISCELLANEOUS — TIMES  AND  SEASONS* 


HYMN  76.     C.  M. 

Frail  life,  and  succeeding  eternity. 

1  rilHEE  we  adore,  eternal  name  ! 

-■-    And  humbly  own  to  thee, 

How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame; 

What  dying  worms  are  we! 

2  Our  wasting  lives  grow  shorter  still, 

As  months  and  days  increase  ; 

And  every  beating  pulse  we  tell, 

Leaves  the  small  number  less. 

3  The  year  rolls  round  and  steals  away 

The  breath  at  first  it  gave  ; 
Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 
We're  travelling  to  the  grave. 

4  Dangers  stand  thick  through  all  the  ground, 

To  push  us  to  the  tomb ; 
And  fierce  diseases  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

5  Great  God !,on  what  a  slender  thread 

Hang  everlasting  things ! 
Th'  eternal  state  of  all  the  dead 
Upon  life's  feeble  strings. 

6  Infinite  joy  or  endles  wo 

Attends  on  every  breath  ; 
And  yet  how  unconcern'd  we  go 
Upon  the  brink  of  death  ! 

7  Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense 

To  walk  this  dangerous  road ; 

And  if  our  souls  are  hurried  hence, 

May  they  be  found  with  GocL 


380  HYMN  LXXVIIL 

HYMN  77.     C.  BL 

Time  is  short. 

1  fllHE  lime  is  short !  the  season  near, 
JL    When  death  will  us  remove  ; 

To  leave  our  friends,  however  dear, 
And  all  we  fondly  love. 

2  The  time  is  short !  sinners  beware, 

Nor  trifle  time  away  ; 
The  word  of  great  salvation  hear, 
While  it  is  call'd  to-day. 

3  The  time  is  short !  ye  rebels,  now 

To  Christ  the  Lord  submit ; 
To  mercy's  golden  sceptre  bow. 
And  fall  at  Jesus'  feet. 

4  The  time  is  short !  ye  saints  rejoice ; 

The  Lord  will  quickly  come : 
Soon  shall  ye  hear  the  Bridegroom's  voice, 
To  call  you  to  your  home. 

5  The  time  is  short !  it  swiftly  flies, 

The  hour  is  just  at  band, 
When  we  shall  mount  above  the  skies, 
And  reach  the  wish'd-for  land. 

6  The  time  is  short!  the  moment  near, 

When  we  shall  dwell  above ; 
And  be  forever  happy  there, 
With  Jesus,  whom  we  love. 
HYMN  78.     L.  M. 
Eternity, 

1  'MATERNITY!  stupendous  theme! 

-■-^  Compared  herewith  our  life's  a  dream : 

Eternity  ?  O  awful  sound, 

'A  deep,  where  all  our  thoughts  are  drown'd !' 

2  Eternity !  the  dread  abode 
And  habitation  of  our  God  ; 
His  glory  fills  the  vast  expanse, 
Beyond  the  reach  of  mortal  sense. 


HYMN  LXXIX.  381 

But  an  eternity  there  is 

Of  dreadful  woe,  or  joyful  bliss  : 

And,  swift  as  time  fulfils  its  round, 

We  to  eternity  are  bound. 

What  countless  millions  of  mankind 

Have  left  this  fleeting  world  behind      [see, 

They're  gone  ;  but  where  ? — ah !  pause  and 

Gone  to  a  long  eternity. 

Sinner,  canst  thou  forever  dwell 
In  all  the  fi'ry  deeps  of  hell ; 
And  is  death  nothing,  then,  to  thee ; 
Death,  and  a  dread  eternity  ? 

Ye  gracious  souls,  with  joy  look  up; 
In  Christ  rejoice,  your  glorious  hope ; 
This  everlasting  bliss  secures ; 
God  and  eternity  are  yours. 
HYMN  79.     L.  M. 

Eternal  Life, 

ETERNAL  life  !  how  sweet  the  sound 
To  sinners  who  deserve  to  die  ! 
Proclaim  the  bliss  the  world  around, 
And  shout  the  joys,  ye  worlds  on  high. 
Eternal  life  !  how  will  it  reign, 
When  mounting  from  this  breathless  clod, 
The  soul  discharged  from  sin  and  pain, 
Ascends  t'  enjoy  its  Father  God ! 

Eternal  life  !  how  will  it  bloom 

In  beauty  on  that  blissful  day, 

When  rescued  from  th'  impris'ning  tomb, 

And  glory  clothes  our  rising  clay; 

Eternal  life !  O  how  refln'd 
The  joy  !  the  triumph  how  divine  ! 
When  saints  in  body,  and  in  mind, 
Shall  in  the  Saviours  image  shine  ! 
Holy  and  heav'nly  be  that  sou!, 
Where  dwells  an  hope  so  high  as  this; 


382  HYMN  LXXXI. 

How  should  we  long  to  reach  the  goal, 
And  seize  the  prize  of  endless  bliss ! 
HYMN  80.     P.  M. 


L 


Time  and  Eternity.  J 

O  !  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land,  ;     3   r- 


'Twixt  two  unbounded  seas  I  stand. 

Yet  how  insensible ! 
A  point  of  time,  a  moment's  space, 
Removes  me  to  yon  heavenly  place, 

Or — shuts  me  up  in  hell. 

O  God,  my  inmost  soul  convert, 
And  deeply  on  my  thoughtful  heart 

Eternal  things  impress; 
Give  me  to  feel  their  solemn  weight, 
And  save  me  ere  it  be  too  late  ; 

Wake  me  to  righteousness. 

Before  me  place,  in  bright  array, 
The  pomp  of  that  tremendous  day, 

When  thou  with  clouds  shall  come 
To  judge  the  nations  at  thy  bar: 
And  tell  me,  Liord,  shall  T  be  there, 

To  meet  a  joyful  doom? 

Be  this  my  one  great  business  here, 
With  holy  trembling,  holy  fear, 

To  make  my  calling  sure  ! 
Thine  utmost  counsel  to  fulfil, 
And  suffer  all  thy  righteous  will, 

And  to  the  end  endure  ! 
Then,  Saviour,  then  my  soul  receive, 
Transported  from  this  vale  to  live 

And  reign  with  thee  above  ; 
Where  faith  is  sweetly  lost  in  sight, 
And  hope  in  full  supreme  delight 

And  everlasting  love. 

HYMNfcl.     L.  M. 

The  seasons. 

THY  providence,  great  God,  we  praise ; 
How  good  and  great  are  all  thy  ways  ! 


HYMN  LXXXIf.  383 

Thy  bounty  crowns  our  passing  years, 
And  dissipates  our  anxious  fears. 
Thy  promise  stands  forever  fast, 
While  sun,  and  moon,  and  earth  shall  last  : 
The  laws  of  seasons  shall  endure, 
'Till  time  and  stars  are  known  no  more. 
Summer  and  winter,  cold  and  heat, 
And  night  and  day  in  order  meet  ; 
Seed-time  and  harvest,  each  succeed, 
To  prove  thy  love — supply  our  need. 
When  years  are  past,  and  seasons  o'er, 
We  still  shall  prove  thy  cov'nant  sure  ; 
And  in  the  shining  realms  of  bliss, 
Adore  thy  goodness  and  thy  grace. 

HYMN  82.     C.  M. 

Slimmer — an  Harvest  Song.  I 

TO  praise  the  ever  bounteous  Lord, 
My  soul  wake  all  thy  powers : 
He  calls,  and  at  his  voice  come  forth 
The  smiling-harvest  hours. 

His  covenant  with  the  earth  he  keeps  : 

My  tongue  his  goodness  sing  ; 
Summer  and  winter  knows  their  time, 

His  harvest  crowns  the  spring. 
Well  pleas'd,  the  toiling  swains  behold 

The  waving  yellow  crop  ; 
With  joy  they  bear  the  sheaves  away, 

And  sow  again  in  hope. 

Thus  teach  me,  gracious  God,  to  sow 

The  seeds  of  righteousness  ; 
Smile  on  my  soul,  and  with  thy  beams 

The  ripening  harvest  bless. 
Then  in  the  last  great  harvest,  I 

Shall  reap  a  glorious  crop  ; 
The  harvests  shall  by  far  exceed 

What  [have  sow'd  in  hope 


384  HYMN  LXXXIV. 

HYMM  83.     C.  M. 

Winter. 

1  ^TERN  winter  throws  his  icy  chains, 
*3    Encircling  nature  round  ; 

How  bleak,  how  comfortless  the  plains, 
Late  with  gay  verdure  crown'd  ! 

2  The  sun  withdraws  his  vital  beams, 

And  light,  and  warmth  depart  ; 
And  drooping  lifeless  nature  seems 
An  emblem  of  my  heart. 

3  My  heart  where  mental  winter  reigns, 

In  night's  dark  mantle  dad, 
Confln'd  in  cold  inactive  chains, 
How  desolate  and  sad  i 

4  Return,  O  blissful  Sun,  and  bring 

Thy  soul  reviving  ray  ; 
This  mental  winter  shall  be  spring, 
This  darkness,  cheerful  day. 

5  O  happy  state,  divine  abode, 

Where  spring  eternal  reigns; 
And  perfect  day,  the  smile  of  God, 
Fills  all  the  heavenly  plains  ! 

6  Great  Source  of  light,  thy  beams  display, 

My  drooping  joys  restore, 
And  guide  me  to  the  seats  of  day, 
Where  winter  frowns  no  more. 

HYMN  84.     L.  M. 

The  Seasons  crooned  -with  goodness. 

1  "INTERNAL  source  of  every  joy  ! 

•■-^  Thy  praise  shall  every  voice  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear 
To  hail  thee,  Sovereign  of  the  year. 

2  Wide  as  the  wheels  of  nature  roll, 

Thy  hand  supports  and.  guides  the  whole  ; 
The  sun  is  taught  by  thee  to  rise, 
And  darkness  when  to  veil  the  skies. 

3  The  flowery  spring  at  thy  command, 
Perfumes  the  air  and  paints  the  land  ; 


HYMN  LXXJXVL  385 

The  summer  rays  with  vigour  shine 
To  raise  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 
4  Thy  hand,  in  autumn,  richly  pours 

Through  all  our  coasts  redundant  stores  ; 
While  winters,  soften'd  by  thy  care, 
No  face  of  want  or  horror  wear. 

3  Seasons,  and  months  and  weeks,  and  days 
Demand  successive  songs  of  praise  ; 
And  be  the  grateful  homage  paid, 
With  morning  light  and  evening  shade. 

6  Here  in  thy  house  let  incense  rise, 
And  circling  sabbaths  bless  our  eyes  ; 
Till  to  those  brighter  courts  we  soar, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more. 
HYMN  85.     P.  M. 
New  year. 

1  f^i  OD  of  our  lives,  thy  constant  care 
^J*  \Vith  blessings  crown  each  opening  year  * 
Our  guilty  lives  thou  dost  prolong, 

And  wake  anew  our  annual  song. 

2  How  many  precious  souls  are  fled 
To  the  vast  regions  of  the  dead, 
Since  from  this  day  the  changing  sun 
Through  his  last  yearly  period  run  ! 

3  Our  breath  is  thine,  eternal  God; 
'Tis  thine  to  fix  our  soul's  abode  ; 
We  hold  our  lives  from  thee  alone 
On  earth,  or  in  the  world  unknown. 

4  To  thee  our  spirits  we  resign  ; 

Make  them  and  own  them  still  as  thine  ; 
So  shall  they  smile  secure  from  fear, 
Though  death  should  blast  the  rising  year. 
HYMN  86.     L.  M. 
New-  Year. 

I   IDLEST  be  tV  Eternal  Infinite  I 

-l5*Vuose  skill  conducts  tais  roLing  sphere, 

M  3* 

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336  HYMN  LXXXVII. 

Who  rules  our  day,  who  guards  our  night, 
And  guides  the  swift  revolving  year  ! 

2  Our  race  are  falling  evVy  hour, 
While  we  distinguished  yet  appear; 
'Tis  of  thy  matchless  love  and  power, 
That  we  are  spared  another  year. 

3  Oh  !  for  a  sweet  refreshing  time  ; 
Saviour  !  thy  people  wish  thee  near  : 
Come,  and  our  joys  shall  be  sublime, 
While  we  begin  another  year. 

4  May  thy  good  Spirit  be  our  guide, 
While  thus  we  stay  as  pilgrims  here  ; 
Nor  let  us  from  our  God  backslide, 
As  we  have  done  the  former  year. 

5  Strengthen  our  faith,  increase  our  love  : 
Fill  us  with  godly,  filial  fear ; 

And  to  thy  waiting  children  prove 
Thy  grace  through  every  fleeting  year. 

6  This  truth  impress  on  every  soul, 
That  vast  eternity  is  near  ; 

Trial  time's  swift  moments  onward  roll, 
To  bring  the  last,  the  closing  year. 

7  When  mature  in  a  blaze  shall  die, 
Or  death  conclude  our  being  here  ; 
Then  to  our  Jesus  may  we  fly, 

To  spend  a  never-ending  year. 

HYMN  87.     L.  M. 

New-Year. 

i    £~i  REAT  God,  we  sing  that  mighty  hand 
^   By  which  supported,  still  we  stand  : 
The  opening  year  thy  mercy  shews ; 
Let  mercy  crown  it  till  it  close. 

2  By  day,  by  night,  at  home,  abroad, 
Still  we  are  guarded  by  our  God  ; 
By  his  incessant  bounty  fed, 
By  his  unerring  counsel  led. 


HYMN  LIXIIX.  387 

3  With  grateful  hearts  the  past  we  own  ; 
The  future,  all  to  us  unknown, 

We  to  thy  guardian  care  commit, 
And  peaceful  leave  before  thy  feet. 

4  In  scenes  exalted  or  depress'd, 

Be  thou  our  joy,  and  thou  our  rest ; 
Thy  goodness  all  our  hopes  shall  raise, 
Ador'd  through  all  our  changing  days. 

5  When  death  shall  interrupt  these  songs, 
And  seal  in  silence  mortal  tongues, 
Our  helper  God,  in  whom  we  trust, 

In  better  worlds,  our  souls  shall  boast. 

HYMN  88.     C.  M. 

The  birth  of  Christ. 

1  A  WAKE,  awake  the  sacred  song 
-™-  To  our  incarnate  Lord ; 

Let  every  heart  and  every  tongue 
Adore  the  eternal  Word. 

2  Sinners  awake,  with  angels  join, 

And  chant  the  solera  ky :  ^ 
Joy,  love,  and  gratitude  combine, 
To  hail  the  auspicious  day. 

3  Then  shone  almighty  power  and  love, 

In  all  their  glorious  forms ; 
When  Jesus  left  his  throne  above, 
To  dwell  with  sinful  worms. 

4  Adoring  angels  tun'd  their  songs 

To  hail  the  joyful  day  ; 
With  rapture  then,  let  mortal  tongues 
Their  grateful  worship  pay. 

5  Hail,  Prince  of  life,  for  ever  hail! 

Redeemer,  Brother,  Friend ! 
Though  earth,  and  time,  and  life  should  faiL 
Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 
HYMN  89.     P.  M. 

The  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

1   flHRlST,  the  Lord,  is  ris'n  to-day  ? 
^  Sons  of  men  and  angels  say; 


38a  HYMN  XC. 

Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high. 
Sing,  ye  heavens,  and  earth  reply. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done, 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won : 
Lo !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er, 
Lo !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal, 
Christ  has  burst  the  gates  of  hell ; 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise, 
Christ  hath  open'd  Paradise. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King ! 

"  Where,  O  death,  is  now  thy  sting !" 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save  : 
"  Where's  thy  victory,  boasting  grave  ?* 
9  Hail  the  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven  ! 
Praise  to  thee  by  both  be  given ! 
Thee  we  greet  triumphant  now, 
Hail !  the  resurrection — thou. 
HYMN  90.    P.  M. 

The  Ascension  and  Kingdom  of  Christ. 

1  "O  EJOICE,  the  Lord  is  King, 
-I*'  The  ascended  King  adore ; 
Mortals,  give  thanks,  and  sing 
And  triumph  evermore ! 

Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  saints,  rejoice. 

2  Rejoice,  the  Saviour  reigns, 
The  God  of  truth  and  love  : 
When  he  had  purg'd  our  stains, 
He  took  his  seat  above  : 

Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  saints,  rejoice. 

3  His  kingdom  cannot  fail, 

He  rules  o'er  earth  and  heaven ; 
The  keys  of  death  and  hell, 
Are  to  our  Jesus  given  : 
Lift  up  the  heart,  lift  up  the  voice, 
Rejoice  aloud,  ye  saints,  rejoice. 


HYMN  XCII.  389 

4  Rejoice,  in  glorious  hope  ; 
Jesiis  the  Judge  shall  come, 
And  take  his  servants  up 
•  To  their  eternal  home  : 
We  soon  shall  hear  the  archangel's  voice, 
The  trump  of  God  shall  sound,  rejoice. 
HYMN  91.    P.  M. 

The  out-pouring  of  the  spirit. 

1  TMfHEN  the  blest  day  of  Pentecost 

▼  ▼     Was  fully  come  ;  the  Holy  Ghost 

Descended  from  above ; 
Sent  by  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
The  Sender  and  the  Sent  are  one. 

The  Lord  of  life  and  love. 

2  But  were  the  first  disciples  blest 
With  heavenly  gifts  ?  and  shall  the  rest 

Be  pass'd  unheeded  by  ? 
What?  Has  the  Holy  Ghost  forgot 
To  quicken  souls  that  Cu list  has  bought. 

And  let  them  lifeless  lie. 
4  No^hou  almighty  paraclete  ! 

Thou  shedd'st  thy  heavenly  influence  yet ; 

Thou  visit'st  sinners  still: 
The  breath  of  life,  thy  quiek'ning  flame, 
Thy  power,  thy  Godhead,  still  the  same, 

We  own;  because  we  feel. 

HYMN  92.     S.  M. 

A  Morning  hymn. 

1  CEE  how  the  mounting  sun 
^  Pursues  his  shining  way  ; 

And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise, 
With  every  bright'ning  ray. 

2  Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing; 

And  to  its  ^reat  Orioriai, 

The  humbler  tribute  bring* 
33* 


390     .  HYMN  XCIIL 

3  Serene  I  laid  me  down 
Beneath  his  guardian  care ; 

1  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 
My  kind  Preserver  near! 

4  Thus  datli  thine  arm  support 
This  weak  defenceless  frame ; 

But  whence  such  favours,  Lord,  to  me, 
All  worthless  as  1  am  ? 

5  O!  how  shall  I  repay 
The  bounties  of  my  God  ? 

This  feeble  spirit  pants  beneath 
The  pleasing,  painful  load. 

6  Dear  Saviour,  to  thy  cross 
1  bring  my  sacrifice  ; 

Cleans'd  by  thy  blood,  it  shall  ascend 
With  fragrance  to  the  skies. 

7  My  life  I  would  anew 
Devote,  O  Lord,  to  thee ; 

And  in  thy  service  wish  to  spend 
A  long  eternity. 

HYMN  93.    C.  M. 

Jl  morning  song. 

1  f\NCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day, 
^-^  Salutes  thy  waking  eyes  ; 

Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  him  that  ru«es  the  skies. 

2  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 

The  day  renews  the  sound  : 
Wide  as  the  heaven  on  which  he  sits. 
To  turn  the  seasons  round. 

3  'Tis  he  supports  my  mortal  frame, 

My  tongue  shall  speak  his  praise ; 
My  sins  would  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 
And  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

4  On  a  poor  worm  thy  pow'r  might  tread, 

And  I  could  ne'er  withstand  9 


HYMN  XCV.  391 

Thy  justice  might  hare  crush'd  ine  dead, 
But  mercy  held  thine  hand. 

3  A  thousand  wretched  souls  are  fled 
Since  the  last  setting  sun  ; 
And  yet  thou  lengthenest  out  my  thread, 
And  yet  my  moments  run. 
6  Great  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light; 
Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline, 
And  bring  a  pleasant  night. 
HYMN  94.    L.  M. 

An  evening  hymn. 

1  1^1  REAT  God,  to  thee  my  evening  song, 
*M  With  humble  gratitude  I  raise; 

0  let  thy  mercy  tune  my  tongue, 
And  fill  my  heart  with  lively  praise. 

2  My  days  unclouded  as  they  pass, 
And  every  gentle  rolling  hour, 

Are  monuments  of  wondrous  grace, 
And  witness  to  thy  love  and  power. 

3  And  yet  this  thoughtless,  wretched  heart, 
Too  oft  regardless  of  thy  love,     , 
Ungrateful  can  from  thee  depart, 

And,  fond  of  trifles,  vainly  rove. 

4  Seal  my  forgiveness  in  the  blood 
Of  Jesus  :  his  dear  name  alone 

1  plead  for  pardon,  gracious  God, 
And  kind  acceptance  at  thy  throne. 

5  Let  this  blest  hope  mine  eyelids  close, 
With  sleep  refresh  my  feeble  frame; 
Safe  in  thy  care  may  I  repose, 

And  wake  with  praises  to  thy  name. 
HYMN  95.     C.  M. 

An  evening-  song. 

i  T^TOW  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts 
•L*    Let  flames  of  love  arise; 
Assist  us,  Lord,  to  offer  up 
Our  evening  sacrifice. 


392  HYMN  XCVI. 

2  Minutes  and  mercies  multiply'd, 

Have  made  up  all  this  day ; 
Minutes  came  quick,  but  mercies  were 
More  swift  and  free  than  they. 

3  New  time,  new  favour,  and  new  joys, 

Do  a  new  song  require  ; 
'Till  we  shall  praise  thee  as  we  would, 
Accept  our  hearts'  desire. 

4  Lord  of  our  days,  whose  handtmth  set- 

New  time  upon  our  score; 
Thee  may  we  praise  for  all  our  time. 
When  time  shall  be  no  more 

HYMN  96.     C.  M. 

For  morning  and  evening. 

1  "IXOSANNA,  with  a  cheerful  sound, 
-H  To  God's  upholding  hand  ! 

Ten  thousand  snares  attend  us  round, 
And  yet  secure  we  stand. 

2  That  was  a  most  amazing  power 

That  rais'd_us  with  a  word, 
And  every  day,  and  every  hour 
We  lean  upon  the  Lord. 

3  The  evening  rests  our  weary  head, 

And  angels  guard  the  room ; 

We  wake,  and  we  admire  the  bed 

That  was  not  made  our  tomb. 

4  The  rising  morning  cari?t  assure 

That  we  shall  end  the  day ; 
For  death  stands  ready  at  the  door 
To  take  our  lives  away. 

5  Our  breath  is  forfeited  by  sin, 

To  God'a  avenging  law  ; 
We  own  thy  grace,  immortal  Kiug! 
In  every  gasp  we,  draw. 

6  God  is  our  sun,  whose  daily  light 

Our  joy  and  safety  brings ; 


HYMN  .XCV1I1.  393 

Owr  feeble  flesh  lies  safe  at  night, 
Beneath  his  shady  wings. 

HYMN  97.    S.  M. 

Lord's  day  morning. 

1  TMfELCOME  sweet  day  of  rest 

t  ▼    That  saw  the  Lord  arise ; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast* 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes  ! 

2  The  King  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day  ; 

Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 
And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

3  One  day  amidst  the  place, 
Where  my  great  God  hath  been, 

Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 

4  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  this  ; 

And  sing  and  bear  herself  away 
To  everlasting  bliss. 

HYMN  98.    C.  M. 

Lords  day  evening. 

1  T^REQUENT  the  day  of  God  returns 
■*-     To  shed  its  quick'ning  beams  ; 
And  yet  how  slow  devotion  burns 

How  languid  are  its  flames ! 

2  Accept  our  faint  attempts  to  love, 

Our  frailties,  Lord,  forgive  : 
'  We  would  be  like  thy  saints  above, 
And  praise  thee  while  we  live. 

3  Increase,  O  Lord,  our  faith  and  hope, 

And  fit  us  to  ascend, 
Where  the  assembly  ne'er  breaks  up, 
The  sabbath  ne'er  shall  end. 

4  There  we  shall  breathe  in  heavenly  air, 

With  heavenly  lustre  shine; 
Before  the  throne  of  God  appear, 
,And  feast  on  love  divine. 


394  HYMN  C. 

HYMN  99.     S.  M. 

Tfie  gosjiel  Ministry. 

I   l¥0^  beauteous  are  their  feet, 
-!-■■  Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill ; 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice, 
How  sweet  the  tidings  are  ! 

"  Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour-King, 
"  He  reigns  and  triumphs  here.''' 

3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  this  joyful  sound  ; 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought  but  never  found  ! 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heavenly  light  ! 

Prophets  and  kings  desir'd  it  long, 
Sut  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  the  voice. 
And  tuneful  notes  employ  ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad  ; 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 

Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 
HYMN  100.     P.  M. 


G 


At  the  forming  a  Church. 

RE  AT  Father  of  mankind, 


We  bless  that  wondrous  grace, 
Which  could  for  Gentiles  find 
Within  thy  courts  a  place  ; 
How  kind  the  care  our  God  displays, 
For  us  to  raise  a  house  of  prayer ! 
2  Though  once  estranged  far, 
We  now  approach  the  throne  ; 
For  Jesus  brings  us  near, 
And  makes  our  eause  his  own  : 


HYMN  CI.  395 

Strangers  no  more,  to  thee  we  come, 
And  find  our  home,  and  rest  secure. 

3  To  thee  our  souls  we  join, 
And  love  thy  sacred  name  ; 
No  more  our  own,  but  thine, 
We  triumph  in  thy  claim  ; 

Our  Father  King,  thy  covenant  grace 
Our  souls  embrace,  thy  titles  sing. 

4  Here  in  thy  house  we  feast 
On  dainties  all  divine  : 

And  while  such  sweets  we  taste, 

With  joy  our  faces  shine  : 
Incense  shall  rise  from  flames  of  love. 
And  God  approve  the  sacrifice. 

5  May  all  the  nations  throng 
To  worship  in  thy  house  ; 
And  thou  ajttend  the  song, 
And  smile  upon  their  vows  : 

Indulgent  still,  'till  earth  conspire 
To  join  the  choir  on  Ziorfs  hill. 
HYMN  101.     P.  M. 

On  opening  a  place  of  worship, 

1  ¥N  sweet  exalted  strains 

-■-  The  King  of  glory  praise  ; 

O'er  heaven  and  earth  he  reigns, 

Through  everlasting  days  : 
He,  with  a  nod,  the  world  controls, 
Sustains  or  sinks  the  distant  poles. 

2  To  earth  he  bends  his  throne, 
His  throne  of  grace  divine  ; 
Wide  is  his  bounty  known, 
And  wide  his  glories  shine  ! 

Fair  Salem,  still  his  chosen  rest, 

Is  with  his  smiles  and  presence  blest* 

3  Then,  King  of  Glory,  come, 
And  with  thy  favour  crown 
This  Temple  as  thy  dome, 
This  people  as  thine  own  : 


396  HYMN  CIL 

Beneath  this  roof,  O  dei^n  to  show 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  beiow, 

4  Here  may  thine  ears  attend 
Our  interceding  cries; 
And  grateful  praise  ascend 
Ail  fragrant  to  the  skies  : 

Here  may  thy  word  melodious  sound. 
And  spread  the  joys  of  heaven  arouqd. 

5  Here  may  th'  attentive  throng 
Imbibe  thy  truth  and  love  ; 
And  converts  join  the  song 
Of  Seraphim  above : 

And  willing  crowds  surround  thy  board 
With  sacred  joy  and  sweet  accord. 

6  Here,  may  our  unborn  sons 
And  daughters  sound  thy  praise  ; 
And  shine  like  polished  stones, 
Through  long  succeeding  days: 

Here,  Lord,  display  thy  saving  power, 
While  temples  stands  and  men  adore. 

HYMN  102.     L.  M. 

At  the  ordination  of  a  Minister, 

1  CHEPtiERD  of  Israel,  thou  dost  keep 
^  With  constant  care,  thy  humble  sheep  ; 
By  the^e  inferior  Pastors  rise 
To  feed  our  souls,  and  bless  our  eyes. 

2  To  all  thy  churches  such  impart, 
Resembling  thy  own  precious  heart ; 
Whose  courage,  watchfulness,  and  love, 
Men  may  attest,  and  God  approve. 

3  Fed  by  their  active,  tender  care, 
Healthful  may  all  thy  sheep  appear ; 
And  by  their  fair  example  led, 
The  way  to  Zion's  pastures  tread  I 

4  Here,  hast  thou  listeu'd  to  our  vows, 
And  scatter'd  blessings  on  thy  house : 


HYMN  CIV.  397 

Thy  saints  are  suecour'd,  and  no  more 
As  sheep  without  a  guide  deplore. 
5  Completely  heal  each  former  stroke, 
And  bless  the  shepherd  and  the  flock  ; 
Confirm  the  hopes  thy  mercies  raise, 
And  own  this  tribute  of  our  praise. 
HYMN  103.     C.  M. 
Praise  to  God  for  sending  a  gospel  Minister. 

1  VJTIO  thy  great  name,  O  Prince  of  peace, 
-■-    Our  grateful  songs  we  raise : 

Accept,  thou  Sun  of  righteousness, 
The  tribute  of  our  praise. 

2  In  widow'd  state  these  walls  no  more 

Their  mourning  weeds  shall  wear  ; 
Thy  messenger  shad  joy  restore, 
And  every  loss  repair. 

3  Thy  providence -our  souls  admire, 

With  joy  its  windings  trace  : 
And  shout  with  one  united  choir 
The  triumphs  of  thy  grace. 

4  Our  happy  union,  Lord,  maintain, 

Here  let  thy  presence  dwell ; 
And  thousands  loos'd  from  satan's  chain. 
Raise  from  the  brink  of  hell. 

5  Distressed  churches  pity,  Lord, 

Their  dismal  breaches  close  ; 
Their  sons  unite  in  sweet  accord, 
And  troubled  minds  compose. 

6  In  all  be  purity  maintain'd; 

Peace  like  a  river  flow; 
And  pious  zeal,  and  love  unfeign'd, 
In  every  bosom  glow. 

HYMN  104.    CM. 

Prayer  for  jMissionaries. 

\    |~1  a  E  AT  God,  the  nations  of  the  earth 
*J*  Are  by  creation  thine; 
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398  HYMN  CV. 

And  in  thy  works  by  all  beheld, 
Thy  radiant  glories  shine. 

2  But,  Lord,  thy  greater  love  has  sent 

Thy  gospel  to  mankind  ; 
Unveiling  what  rich  stores  of  grace 
Are  treasur'd  in  thy  mind. 

3  Lord,  when  shall  these  glad  tidings  spread 

The  spacious  earth  around ; 

'Till  every  tribe,  and  every  soul 

Shalt  hear  the  joyful  sound? 

4  O,  when  shall  Afrits  sable  sons 

Enjoy  the  heavenly  word, 
And  vassals  long  enslav'd  become 
The  freeman  of  the  Lord  ? 

5  When  shall  th'  untutor'd  Heathen  tribes, 

A  dark  bewildered  race, 
Sit  down  at  our  ImmanueVs  feet, 
And  learn  and  see  his  grace  ? 

6  Haste,  sovereign  mercy,  and  transfo  rm 

Their  cruelty  to  love  : 

Soften  the  tyger  to  a  lamb, 

The  vulture  to  a  dove  ! 

7  Smile,  Lord,  on  ev'ry  effort  made 

To  spread  the  gospel's  rays  ; 
And  build  on  sin's  demolish'd  throne 
The  temples  of  thy  praise  ! 
HYMN  105.    L.  M. 

On  a  Fast-day  for  the  revival  of  religion. 

1  ¥  OOK  down,  O  God,  with  pitying  eye; 
■■-^  See  Adam's  race  in  ruin  lie  : 

Sin  spreads  its  trophies  o'er  the  ground, 
And  scatters  slaughter'd  heaps  around. 

2  And  can  these  mould'ring  corpses  live? 
And  can  these  dead,  dry  bones  revive  ? 
That,  mighty  God,  to  thee  is  known  i 
That  wondrous  work  is  all  thine  own. 


HYMN  CVI.  399 

3  Thy  ministers  are  sent  ia  Tain 
To  phrophesy  upon  the  slain ; 

In  vain  they  call,  in  vain  they  cry, 
'Till  thine  almighty  aid  is  nigh. 

4  O  let  thy  Spirit  come  and  breathe 
New  life  through  all  the  realms  of  death! 
Dry  bones  shall  then  obey  thy  voice 
Shall  move,  shall  waken,  and  rejoice. 

5  Loud  let  the  gospel-trumpet  blow, 
Let  all  the  isles  their  Saviour  know : 

0  call  the  nations  from  afar; 

Make  earth's  remotest  ends  draw  near. 

6  Then  shall  each  age  and  rank  agree 
To  raise  their  shouts  of  praise  to  thee ; 
The  church  will  know,  while  loud  she  sings. 
That  in  her  God  are  all  her  springs. 

HYMN  106.     L.  M. 
On  a  national  fast  in  war. 

1  TMf  HILE  o'er  our  guilty  land,  O  Lord, 

*  ▼    We  view  the  terrors  of  the  sword ; 

0 1  whither  shall  the  helpless  fly  ? 
To  whom  but  thee  direct  their  cry  ? 

2  The  suflPring  sinner's  cries  and  tears 
Are  grown  familiar  to  thine  ears : 
Oft  has  thy  mercy  sent  relief, 
When  all  was  fear  and  hopeless  grief* 

3  On  thee,  our  guardian  God,  we  call ; 
Before  thy  throne  of  grace  we  fall; 
And  is  there  no  deliverance  there  ? 
Aod  must  we  perish  in  despair  ] 

4  See,  we  repent,  we  weep,  we  mourn,    , 
To  our  forsaken  God  we  turn; 

O!  spare  our  guilty  country,  spare 

The  church  which  thou  hast  planted  here, 

5  We  plead  thy  grace,  indulgent  God, 
We  plead  thy  Son's  atoning  blood, , 


400  HYMN   CVIII. 

We  plead  thy  gracious  promises, 
And  are  they  unavailing  pleas  ? 
6  These  pleas,  presented  at  thy  throne, 
Have  brought  ten  thousand  blessings  doWB 
On  guilty  lands  in  helpless  woe  ; 
,  Let  them  prevail  to  save  us  now  ! 
HYMN  107.     L.  M. 
For  a  public  Fast  in  War,  praying  for  Peace. 

1  "W^AR,  horrid  war,  deep  stain'd  in  blood, 

▼  ▼    Still  pours  its  havoc  through  our  land ; 
Almighty  God,  restrain  the  flood  ; 
Say  "  'tis  enough,"  and  stay  thine  hand, 

2  Let  peace  descend  with  balmy  wing, 
And  all  its  blessings  round  her  shed ; 
Our  liberties  be  well  secur'd, 

And  commerce  lift  its  fainting  head. 

3  Let  the  loud  cannon  cease  to  roar, 
The  warlike  trump  no  longer  sound ; 
The  din  of  arms  be  heard  no  more, 
Nor  human  blood  pollute  the  ground. 

4  Let  hostile  troops  drop  from  their  hands 
The  useless  sword,  the  glittering  spear; 
And  join  in  friendship's  sacred  bands, 
Nor  one  dissentient  voice  be  there. 

o  Thus  save,  O  Lord,  a  sinking  land, 
Millions  of  tongues  shall  then  adore, 
Resound  the  honours  of  thy  name, 
And  spread  thy  praise  from  shore  to  shore. 
HYMN  108.    C.  M. 

On  a  public fast  during  any  national  judgments. 

i    GEE,  gracious  Lord,  before  thy  throne. 
C  Thy  mourning  people  bend  ! 
'Tis  on  thy  sovereign  grace  alone, 
Our  humble  hopes  depend. 
2  Tremendous  judgments  from  thy  hand 
Thy  dreadful  power  displays  j 


HYMN  CIX  401 

Yet  mercy  spares  this  guilty  land, 
Arxl  still  we  live  to  pray. 

3  How  chang'd,  alas !  are  truths  divine 

For  error,  guilt  and  shame ! 
What  impious  numbers,  bold  in  sin, 
Disgrace  the  christian  name  ! 

4  O  turn  us,  turn  us,  mighty  Lord, 

By  thy  resistless  grace  ; 
Then  shall  our  hearts  obey  thy  word, 
And  humbly  seek  thy  face. 

5  Then,  should  insulting  foes  invade, 

We  shall  not  sink  in  fear; 
Secure  of  never-failing  aid, 
When  God,  our  God,  is  near. 

HVMN  109.     C.  M. 

On  a  Fast-day  during  Pestilence  or  general  Sickness. 

1  "jTkEATH,  with  his  dread  commission  seal'd; 

■*-J  Now  hastens  to  his  arms ; 
In  awful  state  he  takes  the  field, 
And  sounds  his  dire  alarms. 

2  Attendant  plagues  around  him  throng 

And  wait  his  high  command  y 
And  pains,  and  dying  groans  obey 
The  signal  of  his  hand. 

3  With  cruel  force  he  scatters  round 

His  shafts  of  deadly  power ; 
While  the  grave  waits  his  destin'd  prey, 
Impatient  to  devour. 

4  Diseases  are  thy  servants,  Lord, 

They  come  at  thy  command  : 
We'll  not  attempt  a  murm'ring  word, 
Against  thy  chastening  hand. 

5  Yet,  may  we  plead  with  humble  cries, 

Remove  thy  sharp  rebukes : 
Our  strength  consumes,  our  spirit  dies, 
Through  thy  repeated  strokes. 
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402  HYMN  CXI. 

6  In  anger,  Lord,  rebuke  us  not, 

Withdraw  these  dreadful  storms: 
Nor  let  thy  fury  grow  so  hot, 
Against  poor  feeble  worms. 

7  O  hear  when  dust  and  ashes  speak. 

And  pity  all  our  pain ; 
O  save  us,  for  thy  mercy's  sake  ! 
O  send  us  health  again  ! 

HYMN  110.    C.  M. 

Thanksgiving  for  Victory. 

1  finO  thee,  who  reign'st  supreme  above, 

-*-    And  reign'st  supreme  below, 
Thou  God  of  wisdom,  power,  and  love, 
We  our  successes  owe. 

2  The  thundering  horse,  the  martiaT  band 

Without  thine  aid  were  vain  ; 
And  victory  flies  at  thy  command 
To  crown  the  bright  campaign. 

3  Thy  mighty  arm,  unseen,  was  nigh, 

When  we  our  foes  assail'd  ; 
'Tis  thou  hast  rais'd  our  honours  high, 
And  o'er  their  hosts  prevail  d. 

4  Their  mounds,  their  camps,  their  lofty  towers 

Into  our  hands  are  ^iv'n ; 
Not  from  desert,  or  strength  of  ours, 
But  through  the  grace  of  heav'n. 

5  The  Lord  of  hosts,  our  helper  lives  ; 

His  name  be  ever  blest; 
'Tis  his  own  aTm  the  victory  gives ; 
He  grants  his  people  rest. 
HYMN  111.     L.  M. 

Thanksgiving  for  national  Peace. 

1  f"N  REAT  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies, 
^*  A  word  of  thine  almighty  breath 
Can  sink  the  world,  or  bid  it  rise : 
Thy  smile  is  life,  thy  frown  is  death. 

2  When  angry  nations  rush  to  arms, 
And  rage,  and  noise,  and  tumult  reign  j 


HYMN  CXII.  403 

And  war  resounds  its  dire  alarms, 

And  slaughter. spreads  the  hostile  plain  : 

3  Thy  Sovereign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 
And  marks  their  course,  and  bounds  their 
Thy  word  the  angry  nations  own,     [pow'r; 
And  noise  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

4  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wing, 
Sweet  peace!  with  her  what  blessings  fled ! 
Glad  plenty  laughs,  the  vallies  sing, 
Reviving  commerce  lifts  her  head. 

5  Thou  good,  and  wise,  and  righteous  Lord, 
All  move  subservient  to  thy  will; 

And  peace  and  war  await  thy  word, 
And  thy  sublime  decrees  fulfil. 

6  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  songs, 
Thy  kind  protection  still  implore ; 

()  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues. 
Confess  thy  goodness  and  adore  ! 

HYMN  112.     C.  M. 

Thanksgiving  for  health  after  Pestilence. 

1  ^VEREIGiN  of  life,  we  own  thy  hand 
►^  In  this  late  chastening  stroke ; 

And,  since  we've  smarted  by  thy  rod, 
Thy  presence  we  invoke. 

2  To  thee  in  our  distress  we  cry'd, 

And  thou  hast  bow'd  thine  ear ; 
The  pestilence  thou  hast  remov'd, 
And  brought  dehVrance  near. 

3  Unfold,  ye  gates  of  righteousness, 

That  with  the  pious  throng, 
We  may  record  our  solemn  vows, 
And  tune  our  grateful  song. 

4  Praise  to  the  Lord,  who  staid  the  sword 

And  said,  "  it  is  enough  ;" 
Praise  to  the  Lord,  who  makes  his  saints 
Triumphant  e'en  in  death. 


404  HYMN  CXIV. 

5  Our  God,  in  thine  appointed-hour 

Those  heavenly  gates  display, 
Where  pain,  and  sickness,  fear  and  death 
For  ever  flee  away. 

6  There,  while  the  nations  of  the  bless'd, 

With  raptures  bow  around, 
Our  anthems  to  delivering  grace, 
In  sweeter  strains  shall  sound- 

HYMN  113.     C.  M. 

Complaint  and  hope  in  Sickness. 

1  I    ORD,  1  am  pain'd  ;  but  I  resign 
-L*  My  body  to  thy  will ; 
'Tis  grace,  'tis  wisdom  all  divine, 

Appoints  the  pains  I  feel. 

2  Dark  are  thy  ways  of  providence, 

While  they  who  love  thee  groan  : 
Thy  reasons  lie  conceal'd  from  sense, 
Mysterious  and  unknown. 

3  Yet  nature  may  have  leave  to  speak, 

And  plead  before  her  God, 
Lest  the  o'erburden'd  heart  should  break 
Beneath  thy  heavy  rod. 

4  These  mournful  groans  and  flowing  tears. 

Give  my  poor  spirit  ease  : 
While  every  groan  my  Father  hears, 
And  every  tear  he  sees. 

5  Is  not  some  smiling  hour  at  hand 

With  health  upon  its  wings  1 
Give  it,  O  God,  thy  swift  command, 
With  all  the  joys  it  brings. 

HYMN  114.     C.  M. 
Praise  for  recovery  from  Sickness. 

J   TVJY  God,  thy  service  well  demands 
-*-*-■-  The  remnant  of  my  days  ; 
Why  was  this  fleeting  breath  renew'd, 
But  to  renew  thy  praise  ? 
2  Thine  arms  of  everlasting  love 
Did  this  weak  frame  sustain  ; 


HYMN  CXY.  4-05 

When  life  was  hor  ring  o'er  the  grave, 
And  nature  sunk  with  pain* 

3  Calmly  1  bow'd  my  fainting  head 

On  thy  dear  faithful  breast ; 
Pleas'd  to  obey  my  Father's  call 
To  his  eternal  rest. 

4  Into  thy  hands,  my  Saviour-God, 

Did  I  my  soul  resign  : 
In  firm  dependence  on  that  truth, 
Which  made  salvation  mine. 

5  Back  from  the  borders  of  the  grave, 

At  thy  command  I  come  : 
Nor  will  I  urge  a  speedier  flight, 
To  my  celestial  home. 

6  Where  thou  determin'st  mine  abode, 

There  would  I  choose  to  be  ; 
For  in  thy  presence  death  is  life, 
And  earth  is  heav'n  with  thee. 

HYMN  115.     S.  M. 

Charity. 

1  npHY  bounties,  gracious  Lord? 

-*-    With  gratitude  we  own  : 
We  bless  thy  providential  grace, 

Which  showers  its  blessings  down. 

2  With  joy  the  people  bring 
Their  ofTrings  round  thy  throne  ; 

With  thankful  souls  behold  we  pay 
A  tribute  of  thy  own, 

3  Accept  this  humble  mite, 
Great  Sov'reign  Lord  of  all ; 

Nor  let  our  num'rous  mingling  sins, 
The  fragrant  ointment  spoil. 

4  Let  a  Redeemer's  blood 
Diffuse  its  virtues  wide  ; 

Hallow  and  cleanse  our  ev'ry  gift, 
And  all  our  follies  hide. 


406  HYMN  CXVIL 

5  O  may  this  sacrifice 

To  thee  the  Lord  ascend  ; 
An  odour  of  a  sweet  perfume, 
Presented  by  his  hand. 

6  Well  pleas'd  our  God  shall  view 
The  products  of  his  grace ; 

And  in  a  plentiful  reward 
Fulfil  his  promises. 

HYMN  116.     L.  M. 

Charity. 

1  JT1HE  gold  and  silverarethe  Lord's, 

-*-    And  ev'ry  blessing  earth  affords ; 
All  come  from  his  propitious  hand, 
And  must  return  at  his  command. 

2  The  blessings  which  I  now  enjoy, 

I  must  for  Christ  and  souls  employ; 

For  if  I  use  them  as  my  own, 

My  Lord  will  soon  call  in  his  loan. 

3  When  T  to  him  in  want  apply, 
He  never  does  my  suit  deny  ; 
And  shall  I  then  refuse  to  give, 
Since  i  so  much  from  him  receive  ? 

4  Shall  Jesus  leave  the  realms  of  day, 
And  clothe  himself  in  humble  clay  ? 
Shall  he  become  despis'd  and  poor, 
To  make  me  rich  for  evermore  ? 

5  And  shall  I  wickedly  withhold, 
To  give  my  silver  and  my  gold  ? 
To  aid  a  cause  my  soul  approves, 
And  save  the  sinner  Jesus  loves? 

6  Expand  my  heart — incline  me  Lord, 
To  give  the  whole  I  can  afford  ; 
That  what  thy  bounty  renders  mine, 
I  may  with  cheerful  hands  resign. 

HYMM   i  17.     L.  M. 

Charity. 

J   TWI^HEN  Jesus  dwelt  in  mortal  clay, 
■  *  What  were  his  works  from  day  to 


day  today, 


HYMJN   UXVIU.  407 

But  miracles  of  power  and  grace, 
That  spread  salvation  through  our  race  ? 
Teach  us,  O  Lord,  to  keep  in  view 
Thy  pattern,  and  thy  steps  pursue  ; 
Let  alms  bestow'd,  let  kindness  done 
Be  witness'd  by  each  rolling  sun. 

That  man  may  breathe,  but  never  lives, 
Who  much  receives,  but  nothing  gives, 
Whom  none  can  love,  whom  none  can  thank; 
Creation's  blot,  creation's  blank  : 
But  he  who  marks  from  day  to  day, 
In  generous  acts  his  radiant  way, 
Treads  the  same  path  his  Saviour  trod3 
The  path  to  glory  and  to  God. 

HYMN  118.     C.  M. 

Charity. 

JESLTS,  my  Lord,  how  rich  thy  grace  •! 
Thy  bounties  how  complete  ! 
How  shall  1  count  the  matchless  sum  ? 
How  pay  the  mighty  debt  ! 

High  on  a  throne  of  radiant  light 

Dost  thou  exalted  shine  ; 
What  can  my  poverty  bestow, 

When  all  the  wot  Ids  are  thine  ? 
But  thou  hast  brethren  here  below, 

The  partners  of  thy  grace  ; 
And  wilt  confess  their  humble  names 

Before  thy  Father's  face. 
In  them  thou  may'st  be  cloth'd  and  fed, 

And  visited  and  cheer'd  ; 
And  in  their  accents  of  distress, 

My  Saviour's  voice  is  heard. 
Thy  face,  with  rev'rence  and  with  love, 

We  in  thy  poor  would  see  ; 
O  Jet  us  rather  beg  our  bread 

Than  keep  it  back  from  thee  f 


408  HVMN  CXX. 

HYMN  119.     L.  M. 

Charity. 

1  f\  What  stupendous  mercy  shines 
^J  Around  the  majesty  of  heaven  ! 
Rebels  he  deigns  to  call  his  sons, 
Their  souls  renevv'd,  their  sins  forgiven. 

2  Go  imitate  the  grace  divine, 
The  grace  that  blazes  like  a  sun  ; 
Hold  forth  your  fair,  thou  feeble  light, 
Through  all  your  lives  let  mercy  run. 

3  Upon  your  bounty's  willing  wings, 
Swift  fly  your  gifts  an<l  charity  ; 
The  hungry  feed,  the  naked  clothe, 
To  pain  and  sickness  help  apply. 

4  Pity  the  weeping  widow's  woe, 
And  be  her  counsellor  and  stay  ; 
Adopt  the  fatherless,  and  smooth 
To  useful,  happy  life,  his  way. 

5  Let  age,  with  want  and  weakness  bow'd, 
Your  bowels  of  compassion  move ; 
Let  e'en  your  enemies  be  bless'd, 
Their  hatred  recompens'd  with  love. 

6  When  all  is  done,  renounce  your  deeds, 
Renounce  self-righteousness  with  scorn  : 
Thus  will  you  glorify  your  God, 

And  thus  the  Christian  name  adorn. 

HYMN  120.     C.  M. 
Charity. 

1  Y7* ATHER  of  mercies  send  thy  grace, 
-*-     All  powerful  from  above, 

To  form,  in  our  obedient  souls, 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2  O  may  our  sympathising  breasts 

The  generous  pleasure  know, 
Kindly  to  share  in  others  joy, 
And  weep  for  others  woe. 

3  Not  like  the  Levite  and  the  Priest, 

Who  saw  with  hearts  of  stone. 


HYMN  CXXI.  409 

Their  neighbour  groaning  in  distress, 
And  left  him  still  alone. 

4  When  the  most  helpless  sons  of  grief 

In  sorrows  low  are  laid  ; 
Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 

5  So  JesMslook'd  on  dying  man, 

When  thron'd  above  the  skies  ; 
And,  'midst  the  embraces  of  his  God, 
He  felt  compassion  rise. 

6  On  wings  of  love  the  Saviour  flew 

To  raise  us  from  the  ground ; 
And  shed  the  richest  of  his  blood, 
A  balm  for  every  wound. 

HYMN  121.    CM. 

Charity. 

1  "OLEST  is  the  man  whose  heart  expands 
JL*  At  melting  pity's  call : 

And  the  rich  blessings  of  whose  hands, 
Like  heavenly  manna  fall. 

2  Mercy  descending  from  above, 

In  softest  accents  pleads  : 
O  may  each  tender  bosom  move 
When  mercy  intercedes  ! 

3  Be  ours  the  bliss  in  wisdom's  way 

To  guide  untutor'd  youth  ; 
And  lead  the  mind,  that  went  astray, 
To  virtue  and  to  truth. 

4  Children  our  kind  protection  claim, 

And  God  will  well  approve, 
When  infants  learn  to  lisp  his  name, 
And  their  Creator  love. 

5  Delightful  work,  young  souls  to  win, 

And  turn  the  rising  race 
From  the  deceitful  paths  of  sin, 
To  seek  redeeming  grace. 
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410  HYMN  CXXIII. 

6  Almighty  God,  thy  influence  shed 
To  aid  this  good  design  ; 
The  honours  of  thy  name  be  spread, 
And  all  thy  glory  ghine. 

HYMN  122.     P.  M. 
Charity. 

1  I^TOW  let  our  hearts  conspire  to  raise 
-^    A  cheerful  anthem  to  his  praise, 

Who  reigns  enthron'd  above  : 
Let  music,  sweet  as  incense  rise, 
With  grateTul  odours  to  the  skies ; 

The  work  of  joy  and  love. 

2  How  many  children,  Lord,  we  see 
In  ignorance  and  misery, 

Unprincipled,  untaught ! 
Shall  they  continue  still  to  lie 
I  n  ignorance  and  misery  ? 

We  cannot  bear  the  thought. 

3  We  feel  a  sympathising  heart ; 
Lord  'tis  a  pleasure  to  impart, 

To  thee  thine  own  we  give: 
Hear  thou  our  cry,  and  pitying  see  ; 
O  let  these  children  live  to  thee  ! 

O  Jet  these  children  live  ! 

HYMN  123.     CM. 

Funeral  Hymn — Death  dreadful,  or,  delightful, 

1  ¥"|E  ATH  !  'tis  a  melancholy  day 
U  To  those  that  have  no  God  ; 
When  the  poor  soui  is  forc'd  away 

i  To  seek  her  last  abode. 

2  In  vain  to  heaven  she  lifts  her  eyes  ; 

But  guilt,  a  heavy  chain, 
Still  drags  her  downward  from  the  skies, 
To  darkness,  fire  and  pain. 

3  Awake  and  mourn,  ye  heirs  of  hell, 

Let  stubborn  sinners  fear  ; 
You  must  be  driven  from  earth,  and  dwell 
A  long  for  ever  there. 


HYMN  CXXV.  41 J 

I  See  how  the  pit  gapes  wide  for  you, 
And  flashes  in  your  fare  ; 
And  thou,  my  soul,  look  downward  too, 
And  sing  recovering  grace. 

5  He  is  a  God  of  sovereign  love, 

That  promis'd  heaven  to  me  ; 
And  taught  my  thoughts  to  soar  above, 
Where  happy  spirits  he. 

6  Prepare  me,  Lord,  for  thy  right  hand, 

Then  come  the  joyful  day  ; 
Come,  death,  and  some  celestial  band, 
To  bear  my  soul  away. 

HYMN  124.    C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn — dying  in  the  embraces  ofGod^ 

1  TT|E ATM  cannot  make  our  souls  afraid, 
•f  If  God  be  with  us  there  : 

We  may  walk  through  its  darkest  shade  ; 
And  never  yield  to  fear. 

2  I  could  renounce  my  all  below, 

If  my  Creator  bid  ; 
And  run,  if  I  were  call'd  to  go, 

And  die  as  Moses  did. 

3  Might  I  but  climb  to  Pisgah's  top, 

And  view  the  promis'd  land  ; 
My  flesh  itself  would  long  to  drop, 
And  pray  for  the  command. 

4  Clasp'd  in  my  heavenly  Father's  arms 

I  would  forget  my  breath, 
And  lose  my  life  amid  the  charms 
Of  so  divine  a  death. 

HYMN  125.     C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn — Death  and  Eternity. 

1  £JTOOP  down,  my  thoughts,  that  use  to 
►^  Converse  a  while  with  death;  [rise, 
Think  how  a  gasping  mortal  lies 

And  pants  away  his  breath. 

2  His  quivering  lip?  hanr  feebly  down, 

His  puke  is. faint  and  few, 


412  HYMN  CXXVI. 

Then  speechless,  with  a  doleful  groan 
He  bids  the  world  adieu. 

3  But,  O  the  soul  that  never  dies! 

At  once  it  leaves  the  clay  ! 
Ye  thoughts  pursue  it  where  it  flies, 
And  (race  its  wondrous  way. 

4  Up  to  the  courts  where  angels  dwell, 

It  mounts  triumphant  there  : 
Or  devils  plunge  it  down  to  hell, 
In  infinite  despair. 

5  And  must  my  body  faint  and  die  ? 

And  must  this  soul  remove  ? 
O  !  for  some  guardian  angel  nigh, 
To  bear  it  safe  above. 
8  Jesus,  to  thy  dear  faithful  hand 
My  naked  soul  I  trust  ; 
My  flesh  shall  wait  for  thy  command, 
And  drop  into  my  dust. 

HYMN  126.    C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn — Victory  over  death. 

J  "WMfHEN  death  appears  before  my  sight 
»*     In  all  his  dire  array  ; 
Unequal  to  the  dreadful  fight, 
My  courage  dies  away. 

2  But  see,  my  glorious  Friend  is  nigh  ? 

My  Lord,  my  Saviour  lives  : 
Before  him  death's  pale  terrors  fly, 
And  my  faint  heart  revives. 

3  H,e  left  his  dazzling  throne  above 

To  meet  the  tyrant's  dart .; 
And,  O  amazing  pow'r  of  love  t 
Received  it  in  his  heart ! 

4  Now,  for  the  eye  of  faith  divine 

To  pierce  beyond  the  grave  I 
To  see  that  Friend,  and  call  him  mine, 
Whose  arm  is  strong  to  save. 


HYMN  CXXVII.  413 

5  Lord,  T  commit  my  soul  to  thee; 

Accept  the  sacred  trust; 
Receive  this  nobler  part  of  me, 
And  watch  my  sleeping  dust : 

6  Till  that  illustrious  morning  come, 

When  all  thy  saints  shall  rise, 
And  cloth'd  in  full,  immortal  bloom, 
Attend  thee  to  the  skies. 

7  When  thy  triumphant  armies  sing 

The  honour  of  thy  name  ; 
And  heav'ns  eternal  arches  ring 
With  glory  to  the  Lamb  : 

8  O  let  me  join  the  raptur'd  lays, 

And  with  the  blissful  throng, 
Resound  salvation,  pow'r  and  praise. 
In  everlasting  song! 

HYMN  127.     C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn.  — -Death  of  a  young  child. 

1  A  LAS!  how  chang'd  that  lovely  flow'r, 
-£&-  Which  bloom'd  and  cheerM  my  heart! 
Fair  fleeting  comfort  of  an  hour, 

How  soon  we're  calPd  to  part ! 

2  And  shall  my  bleeding  heart  arraign 

That  God,  whose  ways  are  love  ? 
Or  vainly  cherish  anxious  pain 
For  her  who  rests  above  ? 

3  No! — let  me  rather  humbly  pay 

Obedience  to  his  will ; 
And  with  my  inmost  spirit  say, 
"  The  Lord  is  righteous  still.55 

4  From  adverse  blasts  and  low'ring  storms,, 

Her  favour'd  soul  he  bore ; 
And  with  yon  bright,  angelic  forms, 
She  lives,  to  die  no  more. 
3  Why  should  T  vex  my  heart,  or  fast? 
No  more  she'll  visit  me ; 
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414  HYMN  CXATX. 

My  soul  will  mount  to  htr  at  last, 

And  there  my  child  I'll  see. 
6  Prepare  me,  blessed  Lord,  to  share 

The  bliss  thy  people  prove ; 
Who  round  thy  glorious  throne  appear, 

And  dwell  in  perfect  love. 

HYMN  128.    C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn.— Comfort  for  pious  Parents  bereaved  of  their 
children. 

1  ^fcTE    mourning  saints,   whose  streaming 

■*■    Flow  o'er  your  children  dead  ;    [tears 
Say  not  in  transports  of  despair, 
That  all  your  hopes  are  fled. 

2  While  cleaving  to  that  darling  dust, 

In  fond  distress  ye  lie  ; 
Rise,  and  with  joy  and  reverence  view 
A  heavenly  parent  nigh. 

3  Though,  your  young  branches  torn  away2 

Like  wither'd  trunks  ye  stand; 
With  fairer  verdure  shall  ye  bloom, 
Touch'd  by  the  Almighty's  hand. 

4  "  I'll  give  the  mourner,"  saith  the  Lord, 

"  In  mine  own  house  a  place  : 
"  No  names  of  daughters  and  of  sons 
"  Could  yield  so  high  a  grace. 

5  "  Transient  and  vain  is  every  hope 

"  A  rising  race  can  give  : 
<c  In  endless  honour  and  delight 
"  My  children  all  shall  live." 

6  We  welcome,  Lord,  those  rising  tears, 

Through  which  thy  face  we  see  ; 
And  bless  those  wounds,  which  thro'  our 
Prepare  a  way  for  thee.  [hearts 

HYMN  129.     CM. 

Funeral  Hymn— Submission  under  bereaving  Providences, 

I   "OE  ACE,  'tis  the  Lord  Jehovah's  hand 
JL     That  blasts  our  joys  in  death  ; 


HYMN  CXXX.  415 

Changes  the  visage  once  so  dear, 
And  gathers  back  the  breath. 

2  'Tis  he,  the  Potentate  supreme 

Of  all  the  worlds  above, 
Whose  steady  counsels  wisely  rule,. 
Nor  from  their  purpose  move. 

3  'Tis  he  whose  justice  might  demand 

Our  souls  a  sacrifice  ; 
Yet  scatters  with  unwearied  hand 
A  thousand  rich  supplies. 

4  Our  covenant  God  and  Father  he 

In  Christ  our  bleeding  Lord  ; 
Whose  grace  can  heal  the  bursting  heart 
With  one  reviving  word. 

5  Silent  we  own  Jehovah's  name, 

We  kiss  the  scourging  hand ; 
And  yield  our  comforts  and  our  life 
To  thy  supreme  command. 

HYMN  130.     C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn  :  a  Saint  prepared  to  die. 

1  YVEATH  may  dissolve  my  body  now, 
M-J  And  bear  my  spirit  home ; 

Why  do  my  minutes  move  so  slow, 
Nor  my  salvation  come  ? 

2  With  heavenly  weapons  I  have  fought 

The  battles' of  the  Lord  ; 
Finish'd  my  course,  and  kept  the  faith, 
And  wait  the  sure  reward* 

3  God  hath  laid  up  in  heaven  for  me 

A  crown  which  cannot  fade  ; 
The  righteous  Judge,  at  that  great  days 
Shall  place  it  on  my  head. 

4  Nor  hath  the  King  of  grace  decreed 

This  prize  for  me  alone  ; 
But  all  that  love  and  long  to  see 
Th'  appearance  of  his  Son, 


614  HYMN  CXXXII. 

5  Jesus,  the  Lord,  shall  guard  me  safe 

From  every  ill  design  ; 
And  to  his  heavenly  kingdom  take 
This  feeble  soul  of  mine. 

6  God  is  my  everlasting  aid, 

And  hell  shall  rage  in  vain  ; 
To  him  be  highest  glory  paid, 
And  endless  praise,  Amen. 

HYMN  131.    C.  M. 

Funeral  Hymn—A  voice  from  the  Tombs. 

1  ¥¥ARK!  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound  , 
-U-  My  ears  attend  the  cry  : 

"  Ye  living  men  come  view  the  ground 
"  Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

2  "  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 

"  In  spite  of  ali  your  towers ! 
"  The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head, 
"  Must  lie  as  low  as  ours." 

3  Great  God!  is  this  our  certain  doom?* 

And  are  we  still  secure  ? 
Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepare  no  more  ? 

4  Grant  us  the  power  of  quickening  grace* 

To  fit  our  souls  to  fly ; 
Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh, 
We'll  rise  above  the  sky. 

HYMN  135.     C.  M. 
Funeral  Consolations. 

1  ¥¥EAR  what  the  voice  from  heaven  de- 
•"--■•  To  those  in  Christ  who  die  !  [clares 
"  Releas'd  from  all  their  earthly  cares, 

"  They  reign  with  him  on  high." 

2  Then  why  lament  departed  friends, 

Or  shake  at  death's  alarms  ! 
Death's  but  the  servant  Jesus  sends 
To  call  us  to  his  arms. 


HYMN  CXXX1II.  417 

If  sin  be  pardon'd,  we're  secure, 

Death  hath  no  sting  beside  : 
The  law  gave  sin  its  strength  and  power  5 

But  Christ,  our  ransom,  died  ! 
The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  bless'd, 

When  in  the  grave  he  lay ; 
And  rising  thence,  their  hopes  he  rais'd 

To  everlasting  day  ! 

Then  joyfully,  while  life  we  have, 

To  Christ,  our  life,  we'll  sing ; 
"  Where  is  thy  victory,  O  grave  ! 
"  xlnd  where,  O  death,  thy  sting!" 
HYMN   133.     8s. 
The  life  of  faith. 

HE  moment  a  sinner  believes, 
And  trusts  in  his  crucify'd  Lord, 
His  pardon  at  once  he  receives, 
Redemption  in  fuil  through  his  biood. 

The  Christian  is  dead,  yet  he  lives, 

His  life  is  with  Christ,  hid  in  God, 

This  life  now,  from  Christ,  he  derives, 

And  he  lives  by  faith  in  his  Lord. 

Though  thousands  and  thousands  of  foes, 

Against  him  in  malice  unite, 

Their  rage  he  through  Christ  can  oppose, 

Led  forth  by  the  Spirit  to  fight. 

The  faith  that  unites  to  the  Lamb, 

And  brings  such  salvation  as  this, 

Is  more  than  mere  fancy  or  name ; 

The  work  of  God's  Spirit  it  is. 

It  says  to  the  mountains  "  depart," 

That  stand  betwixt  God  and  the  soul ; 

It  binds  up  the  broken  in  heart, 

And  makes  their  sore  consciences  whole. 

Christ  lives  by  his  Spirit  in  them, 

Whose  hearts  are  renewed  by  grace  ; 


418  HYMN  CXXXV.   _ 

And  they,  by  their  faith,  live  in  him,_ 
A  Jife  of  pure  joy,  love,  and  peace. 
HYMN  134.     C.  M. 

The  Walk  of  faith. 

1  f\  FOR  a  closer  walk  with  God, 
^-^  A  calm  and  heavenly  frame  ; 
And  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 

That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb! 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew, 

When  first  1  sought  the  Lord  ? 
Where  is  the  soul  refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word  ? 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  then  enjoy'd  ! 

How  sweet  their  memory  still ! 
But  now  I  find  an  aching  void, 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  O  holy  Dove,  return, 

Swppi  messenger  of  rest ! 
I  hate  the  sins,  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

5  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known, 

Whate'er  that  idol  be, 
Help  me  to  tear  it  from  the  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  to  God, 

Calm  and  serene  my  frame  ; 
So  faith  and  light  shall  mark  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

7  Faith  purifies  believers'  hearts ; 

Faith  always  works  by  love  ; 
Receives  with  joy  what  Christ  imparts. 
And  longs  for  things  above. 

HYMN   135.     L.  M. 

The  Conflicts  of  faith. 

1     "JESUS,  our  soul's  delightful  choice, 
»    In  thee  believing,  we  rejoice; 
Yet  still  our  joy  is  mix'd  with  grief, 
While  faith  contends  with,  unbelief 


HYMN  CXXXTI:  419 

0 

2  Thy  promises  our  hearts  revive, 
And  keep  our  fainting  hopes  alive ; 
But  guilt  and  fears,  and  sorrows  rise, 
And  hide  the  promise  from  our  eyes. 

3  Do  thou  the  languid  spark  inflame, 
That  we  may  conquer  in  thy  name  ; 
And  let  not  sin  and  satan  boast, 
While  saints  lie  mouldering  in  the  dust. 

4  Unequal  to  the  conflict,  Lord, 

Too  weak  to  wield  the  shield  or  sword, 
On  thine  almighty  arm  we  Fall; 
Be  thou  our  Jesus,  and  our  all. 

HYMN  136.     L.  M. 

The  trials  of  faith. 

1  ¥  PRAYED  the  Lord,  that  I  might  grow 
-*-  in  faith,  and  love,  and  evYv  grace ; 
Might  more  of  his  salvation  know, 

And  seek  more  earnestly  his  face. 

2  'Twas  he  who  taught  me  thus  to  pray, 
And  he,  I  trust,  has  answered  prayer; 
But  answer  came  in  such  a  way, 

As  almost  drove  me  to  despair. 

3  I  hop"d  that  in  some  favour'd  hour, 
At  once  he'd  grant  me  my  request; 
And  by  his  love's  constraining  pow'r 
Subdue  my  sins  and  give  me  rest 

4  Instead  of  this,  he  made  me  feel 
The  hidden  evils  of  my  heart ; 
And  let  the  angry  powers  of  hell 
Assault  my  soul  in  ev'ry  part. 

5  Yea  more,  wTith  his  own  hand  he  seem'd 
Intent  to  aggravate  my  woe  ; 

Cross' d  all  the  fair  designs  I  schem'd. 
Blasted  my  gourds,  and  laid  me  low. 
5  "  Lord,  why  is  this  ?"  I  trembling  cry'd, 
<c  Wilt  thou  pursue  thy  worm  to  death  ! 


420  HYMN  CXXXVIIL 

"  'Tis  in  this  way,"  the  Lord  reply'd, 
"  I  answer  prayer  for  grace  and  faith  ; 

7  "  These  inward  trials  I  employ, 

"  From  self  and  pride  to  set  thee  free  ; 
"  And  break  thy  schemes  of  earthly  joy 
"  Thai  thou  may'st  seek  thine  all  in  me.1' 

HYMN  137.     L.  M. 
The  Triumphs  of  Faith, 

1  Ttjl/TlO  shall  the  Lord's  elect  condemn  ?. 

▼  ▼    'Tis  God  that  justifies  their  souls  ; 
And  mercy  like  a  mighty  stream, 
O'er  all  their  sins  divinely  rolls. 

2  Who  shall  adjudge  the  saints  to  hell? 
'Tis  Christ  that  suffer'd  in  their  stead  : 
And  the  salvation  to  fulfil, 

Behold  him  rising  from  the  dead, 

3  He  lives !  he  lives !  and  sits  above, 
Forever  interceding  there : 

Who  shall  divide  us  from  his  love, 
Or  what  should  tempt  us  to  despair! 

4  Shall  persecution  or  distress, 
Famine,  or  sword,  or  nakedness  ? 

He,  that  hath  loVd  us,  bears  us  through, 
And  makes  us  more  than  conquerors  too. 

5  Faith  hath  an  overcoming  power, 
It  triumphs  in  the  dying  hour : 
Christ  is  our  life,  our  joy,  our  hope; 
Nor  can  we  sink  with  such  a  prop. 

6  Not  all  that  men  on  earth  can  do, 

Nor  powers  on  high  nor  powers  below, 
Shall  cause  his  mercy  to  remove, 
Or  wean  our  hearts  from  Christ  our  love* 
HYMN  138.    C.  M. 

The  Summary  of  Faith. 

1   ¥N  God  the  Father  1  believe, 

-■-  Who  heaven  and  earth  did  frame* 
By  his  almighty  word  his  praise 
Aod  glory  to  proclaim. 


HYMN  CXXXIX  421 

2  1  do  believe  in  Jesus  Christ, 

God's  only  Son,  our  Lord, 
Begotten  from  eternity, 
The  everlasting  Word. 

3  1  in  the  Holy  Ghost  believe  ; 

A  Person  true,  and  one, 
In  essence,  power,  eternity, 
With  Father  and  with  Son. 

4  An  holy  catholic  Church  1  own, 

The  heirs  of  heaven  design'd; 
By  union  all  to  Christ  their  head, 
And  one  another  join'd. 

5  Redemption  through  the  blood  of  Christ 

I  heartily  embrace ; 
A  full  forgiveness  of  my  sins, 
The  gift  of  sovereign  grace. 

6  The  Resurrection  of  the  dead, 

Sincerely  I  maintain; 
My  soul  and  body  glorified, 

With  Christ  shall  live  and  reign. 

7  The  hopes  of  everlasting  Life, 

My  fainting  soul  sustain: 

To  this  I  set  my  solemn  seal, 

And  say  in  truth,  Amen ! 

8  To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 

The  God  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  be  evermore. 

HFMN  139.    P.M. 

The  song  of  Hannah — an  encouragement  to  prayer, 

I   "m*f  HEN  Hannah  pressed  with  grief, 
▼  ▼    Pour'd  forth  her  soul  in  prayr's ; 
She  quickly  found  relief, 
And  songs  succeeded  tears. 
Like  her  in  every  trying  case, 
Let  us  approach  the  throne  of  grace. 

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422  HYMN  fiXL. 

2  When  she  began  to  pray, 
Her  heart  was  pain'd  and  sad; 
But  ere  she  went  away, 
Was  comforted  and  glad : 

In  trouble  what  a  resting  place, 

Have  they  who  know  the  throne  of  grace ! 

3  Eli  her  case  mistook  ; 
How  was  her  spirit  mov'd 
By  his  unkind  rebuke! 

But  God  her  cause  approv'd. 
We  need  not  fear  a  creature's  face, 
While  welcome  at  a  throne  of  grace. 

4  Men  have  not  power  or  skill 
With  troubled  souls  to  bear: 
Though  they  express  good  will, 
Poor  comforters  they  are  : 

But  swelling  sorrows  sink  apace, 
When  we  approach  the  throne  of  grace. 

5  Thousands  have  often  tried, 
And  with  success  were  crown'd; 
ISot  one  has  been  denied, 
But  all  an  answer  found. 

Let  us  by  faith  their  footsteps  trace, 
And  hasten  to  the  throne  of  grace. 

HYMN  140.    CM. 

The  song  of  Hezekiah. 

1  Vfl^HEN  we  are  rais'd  from  deep  distress, 

▼  ▼    Our  God  deserves  a  song, 
We  take  the  pattern  of  our  praise 
From  Hezekiah's  tongue. 

2  The  gates  of  the  devouring  grave 

Are  open'd  wide  in  vain, 
If  he,  who  holds  the  keys  of  death, 
,     Commands  them  fast  again. 

3  Pains  of  the  flesh  are  wont  V  abuse 

Our  minds  with  slavish  fears ; 

f.-> 


HYMN  CXLI.  423 

"Our  days  are  past,  and  we  shall  lose 
"The  remnant  of  our  years." 

4  We  chatter  with  a  swallow's  voice, 

Or  like  a  dove  we  mourn  ; 
With  bitterness  instead  of  joys, 
Afflicted  and  forlorn. 

5  Jehovah  speaks  the  healing  word, 

And  no  disease  withstands; 
Fevers  and  plagues  obey  the  Lord, 
And  fly  at  his  commands. 

6  If  half  the  strings  of  life  should  break,     * 

He  can  our  frame  restore : 
He  casts  our  sins  behind  his  back, 
And  they  are  found  no  more. 

HYMN  J  41.     L.  M. 

The  Song  of  Mary. 

1  /^|UR  souls  shall  magnify  the  Lord ; 
^J  In  God  the  Saviour  we  rejoice  : 
While  we  repeat  the  Virgin's  song, 
May  the  same  Spirit  tune  our  voice  ! 

2  The  Highest  saw  her  low  estate, 

And  mighty  things  his  hand  hath  done ; 
His  over-shadowing  power  and  grace 
Makes  her  the  mother  of  his  son. 

3  Let  every  nation  call  her  bless'd, 
And  endless  years  prolong  her  fame  ; 
But  God  alone  must  be  ador'd ; 
Holy  and  reverend  is  his  name. 

4  To  those  that  fear  and  trust  the  Lord, 
His  mercy  stands  for  ever  sure ; 
From  age  to  age  his  promise  lives, 
And  the  performance  is  secure. 

5  He  spake  to  Abrah'm  and  his  seed, 

"  In  thee  shall  all  the  earth  be  bless'd :" 
The  memory  of  that  ancient  word 
Lay  long  in  his  eternal  breast 


424  HYMN  CXL1IL 

€  But  now,  no  more  shall  Israel  wait, 
No  more  the  Gentiles  lie  forlorn  : 
Lo,  the  desire  of  nations  comes, 
Behold  the  promis'd  seed  is  born  ! 
HYMN  142.     C.  M. 

The  song  qfZacharias. 

1  TVTOW,  be  the  God  of  Israel  bless'd, 
•^    Who  makes  his  truth  appear  ; 
His  mighty  hand  fulfils  his  word, 

And  all  the  oaths  he  sware. 

2  Now  he  bedews  king  David's  root 

With  blessings  from  the  skies  : 
He  makes  the  branch  of  promise  grow, 
The  promis'd  horn  arise. 

3  John  was  the  prophet  of  the  Lord, 

To  go  before  his  face  ; 
The  herald  which  our  Saviour  God 
Sent  to  prepare  his  ways. 

4  "Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,"  he  cries, 

"  That  takes  our  guilt  away  ; 
"  I  saw  the  Spirit  o'er  his  head, 
"  On  his  baptising  day. 

5  "  Be  every  vale  exalted  high, 

"  Sink  every  mountain  low  : 
u  The  proud  must  stoop,  and  humble  souls 
"  Shall  his  salvation  know. 

6  "  The  heathen  realms,  with  Israel's  land, 

"  Shall  join  in  sweet  accord  ; 
"  And  all,  that's  born  of  man,  shall  see 
"  The  glory  of  the  Lord. 

7  "  Behold  the  Morning  Star  arise, 

"  Ye  that  in  darkness  sit  ! 
"  He  marks  the  path  that  leads  to  peace, 
"  And  guides  our  doubtful  feet." 


B 


HYMN  143.     S.  M. 

The  song  of  the  Angels* 

EHOLD,  the  grace  appears, 
The  promise  is  fulfiU'd  ? 


HYMN  CXLIV.  425 

Mary,  the  wondrous  virgin,  bears, 
And  Jesus  is  the  child. 

2  To  bring  the  glorious  news, 
A  heavenly  form  appears  ; 
He  tells  the  shepherds  of  their  joys, 
And  banishes  their  fears. 

"  3  Go,  humble  swains,"  said  he, 
"To  David's  city  fly  ; 
"The  promised  Infant,  born  to-day, 
"  Doth  in  a  manger  lie. 

4  "  With  looks  and  heart  serene, 
"  Go  visit  Christ  your  King  ;w 

And  straight  a  flaming  troop  was  seen  ; 
The  shepherds  heard  them  sing : 

5  "  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 
"  And  heavenly  peace  on  earth, 

"  Good-will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
"At  the  Redeemer's  birth  I" 

6  In  worship  so  divine 
Let  saints  employ  their  tongues  ; 

With  the  celestial  hosts  we  join, 
And  loud  repeat  their  songs. 

7  "  Glory  to  God  on  high  ! 
"And  heavenly  peace  on  earth, 

"Good-will  to  men,  to  angels  joy, 
"  At  our  Redeemer's  birth  !"  . 

HYMN  144.    C.  M. 

The  song  of  Simeon — death  to  a  believer  desirable, 

J  ORD,  at  thy  temple  we  appear, 

•"   As  happy  Simeon  came, 
And  hope  to  meet  our  Saviour  here  ; 
O  make  our  joys  the  same ! 
2  With  what  divine  and  vast  delight 
The  good  old  man  was  filPd, 
When  fondly,  in  his  wither'd  arms, 
He  clasp'd  the  holv  Child  : 


426  HYMN  CXLV1. 

3  "  Now  1  can  leave  this  world,"  he  criedT 

"  Behold  thy  servant  dies  ! 
"  I've  seen  thy  great  salvation,  Lord, 
"  And  close  my  peaceful  eyes. 

4  "  This  is  the  light  prepar'd  to  shine 

"  Upon  the  Gentile  lands  ; 
"  Thine  Israel's  glory,  and  their  hope, 
"  To  break  their  slavish  bands." 

5  Jesus !  the  vision  of  thy  face 

Hath  overpowering  charms ! 
Scarce  shall  1  feel  death's  cold  embrace, 
If  Christ  be  in  my  arms. 

6  When  flesh  shall  fail,  and  heartstrings  break 

Sweet  will  the  minutes  roll  ; 
A  mortal  paleness  on  my  cheek, 
But  glory  in  my  soul. 

HYMN  145.    S.  M. 

The  song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

1  A  WAKE,  and  sing  the  song 
-™-  Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb; 

Wake  ev'ry  heart,  and  ev'ry  tongue, 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  Sing  of  his  dying  love, 
Sing  of  his  rising  power  ; 

Sing  how  he  intercedes  above, 

For  those  whose  sins  he  bore, 

3  Sing  on  your  heavenly  way 
Ye  ransom'd  sinners,  sing  ; 

Sing  on  rejoicing,  every  day, 
In  Christ  the  exalted  King. 

4  Soon  shall  your  raptur'd  tongue 
His  endless  praise  proclaim  ; 

And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

HYMN  146.     L.  M. 

The  song  of  the  Redeemed  in  heaven. 

1  TOEHOLD  the  saints,  belov'd  of  God  ! 
JO  Wasb'd  are  their  robes  in  Jesus'  blood ; 


HYMN  CJXLVI.  427 

Brighter  than  angels,  lo,  they  shine, 
Their  glories  splendid  and  sublime  ! 

2  Through  tribulation  great  they  came, 
They  bore  the  cross,  and  scorn'd  the  shame  j 
Now  in  the  living  temple  blest, 

With  God  they  dwell,  on  him  they  rest. 

3  Hunger  they  ne'er  shall  feel  again, 
Nor  pain,  nor  thirst  shall  they  sustain  ; 
To  wells  of  living  water  led, 

By  God  the  Lamb  forever  fed. 

4  While  everlasting  ages  roll, 
Eternal  love  shall  feast  their  soul; 
And  scenes  of  bliss,  forever  new, 
Rise  in  succession  to  their  view. 

5  Here,  all  who  suffer'd  sword  or  flame 
For  truth,  or  Jesus'  lovely  name, 
Shout  victory  now,  and  hail  the  Lamb, 
Aeid  bow  before  the  great  I  AM. 

6  Jesus  the  Saviour  is  their  theme  ; 
They  sing  the  wonders  of  his  namej 
To  him  ascribing  power  and  grace, 
Dominion  and  eternal  praise. 

7  To  him  who  loved  them  i%  the  end, 
Their  surety,  sacrifice,  and  friend ; 
To  him  who  wash'd  them  in  his  blood, 
And  made  them  kings  and  priests  to  God ! 

8  "  Amen,"  they  cry,  "  'tis  he  alone, 

"  Who  rightly  fills  his  Father's  throne; 
"  To  him  be  glory ;"  and  again 
Repeat  his  praise,  and  say,  "  Amen !" 

9  O  sweet  employ,  to  sing  and  trace 

Th'  amazing  heights  and  depths  of  grace  I 
To  spend  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
A  blissful,  vast  eternity  ! 

10  O  what  a  grand,  exalted  song, 
When  ev'ry  tribe  and  ev'ry  tongue, 


428  HYMN  CJXLV11. 

Redeem'd  by  blood,  with  Christ  appear, 
And  join  in  one  full  chorus  there  ! 
1 1  My  soul  anticipates  the  clay  ; 

Would  stretch  her  wings  and  soar  away, 
To  aid  the  song,  the  palm  to  bear, 
And  bow  the  chief  of  sinners  there. 

HYMN  147.     P.  M. 
Surely  I  come  quickly ;  Amen,  even  so,  come  Lord  Jesus, 

1  I  O!  he  comes  with  clouds  descending^ 
-"  Once  for  favour'd  sinners  slain! 

Thousand  thousand  saints  attending. 

Swell  the  triumph  of  his  train  : 
Hallelujah! 
Jesus  now  shall  ever  reign. 

2  Every  eye  shall  now  behold  him 
Rob'd  in  dreadful  majesty  : 

Those,  who  set  at  nought  and  sold  him, 

Piere'd  and  nail'd  him  to  the  tree, 
Deeply  wailing, 
Shall  the  great  Messiah  see. 

3  Every  island,  sea,  and  mountain, 
Heaven  and  earth  shall  flee  away : 

All  who  hate  him  must,  confounded, 
Hear  the  trump  proclaim  the  day  ; 
Come  to  judgment ! 
Come  to  judgment !  come  away ! 

4  Now  redemption,  long  expected. 
See  in  solemn  pomp  appear? 

All  his  saints,  by  men  rejected, 

Now  shall  meet  him  in  the  air! 
Hallelujah! 
See  the  day  of  God  appear ! 

5  Answer  thine  own  bride  and  Spirit; 
Hasten,  Lord,  and  quickly  come! 

The  new  heaven  and  earth  to  inherit, 

Take  thy  weeping  exiles  home : 
All  creation 
Travels,  groans,  and  bids  thee  come ! 


DOJXOLOGIES.  429 

5  Yea !  amen !  let  all  adore  thee, 

High  on  thine  exalted  throne  ! 
Saviour,  take  the  power  and  glory  : 

Claim  the  Kingdoms  for  thine  own  ! 
O  come  quickly, 
Hallelujah !  come,  Lord,  come ! 


DOXOLOGIES* 

1.  L.  M. 

TO  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One^ 
Be  honour,  praise  and  glory  given, 
By  all  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaven, 

2.  L.  M. 

PRAISE  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flo\^ 
Praise  him  all  creatures  here  below, 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heav'nly  host, 
Praise  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost 

3.  C.  M. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  be  ever  more. 

4.  CM. 

TO  praise  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
And  Spirit  all  divine, 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
Let  saints  and  angels  join. 

5.  S.  M. 

TO  the  Eternal  Three, 
In  will  and  essence  One ; 
To  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit  be 
Co-equal  honours  done. 


430  DO^OLOGIES. 

6.  P.  M. 

TO  God  the  Father's  throne, 
Perpetual  honours  raise ; 
Glory  to  God  the  Son  ; 
To  God  the  Spirit  praise  : 
With  all  our  powers  eternal  King, 
Thy  name  we  sing,  while  faith  adpres. 

7.  P.  M. 

NOW  to  the  great  and  sacred  Three, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit  be 
Eternal  power  and  Glory  given, 
Through  all  the  worlds  where  God  is  known, 
By  all  the  angels  near  the  throne, 

And  all  the  saints  in  earth  and  heaven. 


.i: 


IN  INDEX, 


OR 


TABLE  TO  FIND  A  PSALM  SUITED  TO  PAR- 
TICULAR SUBJECTS  OR  OCCASIONS. 


ADAM  first  and  second, 
Psalm  8. 

Afflicted,  pity  to  them,  35,41. 
Supported,  55,  145,  146. 
Their  prayer,  102,  143. 
Happy,  73,  94,  119,  14th 
part. 

Afflictions,  hope  in  them,  13, 
42,  76.  Support,  119,  14th 
part.  Instruction  by  them, 
94,  119,  18th  part.  'Sancti- 
fied, 94,  119,  18th  paH. 
Courage  in  them,  119,  17th 
part.  Removed  by  prayer, 
34,107.  Submission  to  them, 
39,  123,  131.  In  mind  and 
body,  143.  Trying  our  gra- 
ces, 66, 119, 17th  part.  With- 
out rejection, '89.  Of  saints 
and  sinners  different,  94. 
Gentle,  103.  Moderated, 
125.  Very  great,  77,  102, 
143. 

Aged  saints  reflection,  71. 

All-seeing  God,  139.    . 

Angels,  guardian,  34,  91.  All 
subject  to  Christ,  89.  Wor- 
ship Christ,  97.  Praise  the 
Lord,  103.  Present  in 
churches,  138. 

Appeal  to  God  against  perse- 
cutors, 7.  Concerning  our 
sincerity,  139.  Humility, 
131.  Searcher  of  hearts, 
119,  21st  part. 

Ascension  of  Christ,  24,  47, 
68,  110. 

Assistance  from  God,  1 38, 144. 

^theism  of  the  heart,  54.  Prac- 


tical,  12,  14,  36.     Punish^ 

ed,  10. 
Attributes  of  God,  36,   111, 

145,  147. 
Authority  from  God,  75,  82. 

Backsliding,  25.  Restored, 
51.     Pardoned,  78,  130. 

Blessing  of  God  in  this  life, 
127. 

Blessings  of  a  family,  128, 133. 
Of  a  nation,  14*1,  157.  •  Of 
the  country,  65,  147.  Of  a 
person,   1,32,  112. 

Blood  of  Christ  cleansing,  51^ 

Book  of  nature  and  scripture, 
19,  119,  4th  part.  Happi- 
ness, 147. 

Brotherly  love,  133.  Re- 
proof, 141. 

Business  of  life  blest,  127. 
C 

Care  of  God  over  his  saints, 34. 

Charity  to  the  poor,  37,  41, 
112.  And  justice,  15,  112. 
Mixed  with  i;riprecaiion's,35. 

Children  praising  God,  8. 
Blessings,  127,  128,  In- 
structed, 34  76. 

Christ  the  second  Adam,  8. 
His  ail-sufficiency,  16.  His 
ascension,  24,  68,  110. 
The  church's  foundation, 
118.  The  shef-herd,  23. 
His  coming,  the  signs  of  it, 
12.  Covenant  made  with 
him,  89.  First  and  second 
coming,  96,  97,  98.  The 
true   David,  35,  89.      His 


432 


INDEX. 


death  and  resurrection,  16, 
22,  69.  The  eternal  Crea- 
tor, 112.  Exalted  to  the 
kingdom,  2,  8,  21,  72,  110. 
Our  example,  109.  Faith  in 
his  blood,  41.  God  and  man, 
86.  His  godhead,  102  Our 
hope,  4,  51.  His  incarna- 
nation  and  sacrifice,  40.  The 
king',  and  the  church  his 
spouse,  45.  His  kingdom 
amo-ig  Gentiles,  72,87,  132. 
His  love  to  enemies,  35,109. 
His  majesty,  97,  99.  His 
mediatorial  kingdom,  89, 
110.  His  obedience  and 
death,  69.  His  persona)  glo- 
ries, 45.  Priest  and  king, 
110.  His  resurrection  on 
the  Lord's  day,  118.  Our 
strength  and  righteousness, 
71.  His  sufferings  nd  king- 
dom, 2,  22,  69.  His  suiTer- 
ings,  69.  His  zeal  and  re- 
proaches, ibid. 

Christians,  qualifications,  15, 
24. -Church  made  of  Jews 
and  Gentiles,  87. 

Church,  its  beauty,  45,  48, 
112.  The  birth  place  of 
saints,  87.  Built  on  Jesus 
Christ,  118.  Delight  and 
safety  in  it,  27.  Destruction 
of  enemies  proceeds  from 
thence,  70.  Gathered  and 
settled,  132.  Privileges, 
132.     Of  the  Gentiles,  45, 

47.  God  fights  for  her,  10, 
20,46.  God's  presence  there, 
84,  132.  God's  special  de- 
light, 87,  132.  God's  gar- 
den, 92.  Going  to  it,  122. 
The  house  and  care  of  God, 
135.  Of  the  Jews  and  Gen- 
tiles, 87.  Its  increase,  67. 
Prayer  in  distress,  80.  Res- 
tored by  prayer,  85,  102, 
107.  Its  safety,  46.  Is  tne 
safety  and  honuurof  a  n.ition, 

48.  'The  spouse  of  Christ, 
45.  Its  worship  and  order, 
4b.  Wrath  against  enemits 
proceeds  thence,  76. 

Co?"fort,  holiness  and  pardon, 
4*32,  119,  11th  and   12th 


parts.  And  support  in  God, 
16,94.  From  ancient  prov- 
idence, 77,  143.  Of  life 
blest,  127.  And  pardon  130. 
Company  of  saints,  16,  109. 
Complaint  of  absence  from 
public  worship,  42.  Of  sick- 
ness, 3.  Desertion,  13,  88. 
Pride,  atheism,  10,  12.  Of 
temptation,  13.  General, 
102.  Of  quarrelsome  neigh- 
bours, 120.  Of  afflictions  in 
mind  and  body,  143. 
Compassion  of  God,  113,  145, 

147. 
Communion  with  saints,  106, 

133. 
Confession  of  our  poverty,  16. 
Of  sin,  repentance,  and  par- 
don, 32,  38,51,  130,  143. 
Conscience,  tender,  119,  13th 
part.     Its  guilt  relieved,  32; 
3P,  51,  130. 
Contention    complained     of, 

120. 
Converse  with  God,  63,   119, 
2d  part. 
Conversion  and  joy,  126.     At 
the  ascension  of  Christ,  1 10. 
Of  Jews  and  Gentiles,   87, 
96,  106. 
Corruption  of  manners  gener- 
al, 11,12. 
Counsel    and    support    from 
God,  16,  119. 
Courage  in  death,  16,  17,  71. 
In    persecution,    119,   17th 
part. 
Covenant  made  with   Christ, 
89.    Of  grace  unchangeable, 
89,  106. 
Creation  and  providence,  33, 

104,  135,  136,  147,  148. 
Creatures,  no  trust  in  them, 
34,  62,     146.      Vain,    33, 
Praising  God,  148. 
D 
Daily  devotion,  55,  139. 
Day  of  humiliation  in  war,  60. 
Death     and    resurrection    ot 
Christ,  16,69.  Of  saints  and 
sinners,  17,37,49    And  suf- 
ferings of   Christ,    22,  69. 
Deliverance  from  it,31.  And 
pride,  49 .  And  the  resurrec- 


INDEX. 


tion,  49,  71,  89.  Courage  in 
it,  16,  17,23.  The  effect  of 
sin,  90. 

Defence  in  God,  3,  121.  And 
salvation  in  God,  18,  61. 

Delaying  sinners  warned,  95. 

Delight  and  safety  in  the  church, 
27,  48,  84.  In  the  law  of  God, 
119,  5th,  8th,  k,  18th  parts.  In 
God,  18,42,63,73,84. 

Deliverance,  83.  From  despair, 
18.  From  deep  distress,  34, 
40.  From  death,  31,  118. 
From  oppression,  56.  From 
persecution,  53,  94.  By  pray- 
er, 34,  40,  85,  126.  From 
slander,  31.  Surprising:,  126. 
From  temptation.  3,  6,  13,  18. 
From  a  tumult,  118. 

Desertion  and  distress  of  soul, 
13,25,38,  143. 

Desire  of  knowledge,  119,  9th 
part.  Of  holiness,  119,  11th 
part.  Of  comfort  and  deliver- 
ance,11 9, 12th  part.  Of  quick- 
ening grace,  119,  10th  part. 

Desolations,  the  church's  safety 
in  them,  46. 

Despair  and  hope  in  death,  17, 
49.  Deliverance  from  it,  18, 
130. 

Devotion,  daily,  55,  134,  141. 

Direction  and  pardon,  23.  And 
defence  prayed  for,  5.  And 
hope,  42.     , 

Disease,  see  Sickness. 

Distress  of  soul,  25.  Relieved. 
51,88,  130.- 

Dominion  over  creatures,  8. 

Doubts  suppressed,  3,  31,  143. 

Drunkard  and  glutton,  1 1 7,  79. 

Duty  to  God  and  man,  15,  24. 

Education,  religious,  34,  78. 

Egypt's  plagues,  105. 

End  of  the  righteous  and  the 
wicked,  1,  37. 

Enemies  overcome,  18.  Pray- 
ed for,  35,  119.  Destroyed, 
12,48,70. 

Envy  and  unbelief  cured,  37, 
49. 

Equity  and  wisdom  of  provi- 
dence, 9. 

Evening  psalm*  4,  139,  141. 

3 


443 
Of  sin- 


Evidences  of  grace,  26. 

eerily,  18,  19,  139. 

Evil  times,  12.  Neighbours, 
120.    Magistrates,  11,58,82. 

Exaltation  of  Christ  to  the  king- 
dom, 2,  21,  22,  69,  72,  110. 

Examination,  26,  139. 

Exhortations  to  peace,  34. 
F 

Faith  of  persecuted  saints,  35. 
In  the  blood  of  Christ,  32,  51. 
In  divine  grace  and  power,  62, 
130. 

Faithfulness  of  God,  89,  105, 
111,  145,  146.  Of  man,  15, 
141. 

Falsehoods,  12.  Deliverance 
from  them,  12,56. 

Family  government,  101.  Love 
and  worship,  133.  Blessings, 
128. 

Fears  and  doubts  suppressed,  3, 
31,34.  In  the  worship  of  God, 
89,99.  OfGod,119,13thpart. 

Flattery  complained  of,  12,  36„ 

Formal  worship,  50. 

Frailty  of  man,  89,  90,  144. 

Fretfulness  discouraged,  37. 

Friendship,  its  blessings,  133, 
Unfaithful  friends,  31. 

Funeral  psalm,  89,  90. 
G. 

Gentiles  given  to  Christ  2,  22, 
72.  Church,  45,  65,  72,  87. 
Owning  the  trueGod,47,96,98. 

Glory  of  God  in  our  salvation, 
69.  And  grace  promised,  84, 
89,  97. 

God  all  in  all,  127.  All-seeing, 
139.  All-sufficient,  16,  33.  His 
attributes  and  providence,  36, 
65,147.  His  care  of  saints,  7, 
34.  Creation  and  providence, 
33, 104.  &c.  His  hand,  75.  Our 
defence,3,33,61,H5.  Eternal, 
and  sovereign,  and  holy,  93. 
Eternal,  and  man  mortal,  90, 
102.  Faithfulness,  80,105,  III. 
Glorified, andsinners  saved,69. 
Goodness  and  mercy  and  truth, 
145,146.  Power  and  goodness, 
66.  Great  and  good,  68,  144, 
145,  147.  Heart  searching, 
139,  Our  only  hope,  142.  The 
judge,  9,  50,  97.     Kind  to  hia 


444  INDEX. 

people,  145, 146.  His  majesty, 

97.  And  condescension,  113, 
144.  Mercy  and  truth,  36,89, 
103,  145.  Made  man,  8.  Of 
nature  and  grace,  65.  Our 
portion  in  Christ  our  hope,  4, 
73.     His  power  and  majesty, 

98,  89,  93,  yd.  Our  preserver, 
121,138.  Present  in  his  church- 
es, 84.  Our  refuge,  46.  His 
sovereignty  and  goodness  to 
man,  8,113,  144.  Our  comfort, 
94.  Governor,  75,  £,2,93.  His 
vengeance  and  compassion, G8, 
97.  Unchangeable,  89,  III, 
His  universal  dominion,  103. 
His  wisdom  in  his  works,  III, 
139.  Worthy  of  all  praise,  145, 
>46, 150. 

Good  works,  15,  24,  112 

Goodness  of  God,  8,  103,  111, 
145, 146 

Gospel,  19,45,110.  Joyful  sound, 
89,58.   Worship  and  order,  48 

Government  of  Christ, 45.  From 
God,  75 

Grace,  its  evidences,  26,  130. 
Above  riches,  144.  Without 
merit,  16,  32.  Of  Christ,  45, 
72.  And  providence,  83,  86, 
135, 136,  147.  Preserving  and 
restoring,  138.  Truth  and  pro- 
tection, 57.  Tried  by  araic- 
tion,  17,  66.  125.  And  Glory, 
82,  97.     Pardoning  130 

Guilt  of  conscience  relieved,32, 
38,  51,  130 

H 

Hallelujah,  150 

Happy  saint  and  cursed  sinner, I 

Harvest  65,  126,  147 

Health,  sickness,  and  recovery, 
6,  30,  31.  Prayer  for,  6,  38, 
39 

Heart  known  to  God,  139 

Hearing  of  prayer  and  salva- 
tion, 4,  10,  26,*i02. 

Heaven  and  resurrection,  17. 
The  saints  dwei.ing  place,  24 

Holiness,  paidon,  4.  Desired, 
119,. 2d  part.  Protest,  119,  3d 
part,  139 

Hope  in  darkness,  13,  17,  73. 
Of  resurrection,  16,  71.  In 
dealn,   17,  49.      Prayer,  27. 


For  victory ,21.  And  direction, 
42.     In  afflictions,  42,  143 

Hosanna  of  the  children,8.  For 
the  Lord's  day,  118 

Humiliation  day,  10.  For  dis- 
appointment, 60 

Humility  and  submission,  131, 
139 

Hypocrites  and  hypocrisy,  11,53 

Idolatry  reproved,  16,  115, 135. 

Jehovah,  68,  83.  Reigns,  93, 
96,97 

Imprecations  and  charity,  35 

Incarnation,  96,  97,  98.  And 
sacrifice  of  Christ,  40 

Infants,  139,  see  Children. 

Instruction,  25,  from  scripture, 
119,  4th  and  7th  parts.  In 
piety,  94 

Instructive  afflictions,  94 

Joy  of  conversion,  116,  see  De- 
light. 

Israel  saved  from  the  Assyrians, 
76-  Saved  from  Egypt,  and 
brought  to  Canaan,  77,  105, 
107,  135,  J36.  Rebellion  and 
punishment,  78.  Punished  and 
pardoned,  106, 107.  Travels, 
107,  114 

Judgment  and  mercy,  9,  68. 
Day,I,26,50,97,98,149,Seat,9 

Justice  of  providence,  9.  And 
truth  towards  men,  15 

Justification  free, ^2, 130 

K  [part. 

Knowledge  desired,  19, 119,  9th 

Li 

Law  of  God,  delight  in  it,  119 
Liberality  rewarded,  41, 112 
Life  and  riches,  their  vanity, 49. 
Short  and  feeble,  89,  90,  144 
Longing  after  God,  72,  63 
Lord's-day  psalm,  92,  8,    II. 

Morning,  5,  19,  63 
Love  of  God  to  the  righteous, and 
hatred  to  the  wicked,  I,  II.  To 
our  neighbour,  15.  Of  Christ  to 
sinners,  35.  Of  God,  6«.  Of 
God  unchangeable,  89,  106. 
To  enemies,  35,  109.  Bro- 
therly, 133. 
Luxury  78.     Pardoned,  107 

M 
Magistrates  warned,    58,    82. 


INDEX. 


445 


Qualifications,    101.      Raised 

and  deposed,  75 
Majesty  of  God,  68,  see  God. 
Man,  his  vanity  as  mortal,  39, 

89,  144.  Mortal  and  Christ 
eternal,  102.  Wonderful  for- 
mation, 139 

Marriage  mystical,  45 

Master  of  a  family,  101 

Meditation,  1,  63,  119,  5th  and 
6th  parts 

Melancholy  reproved,  42.  And 
hope,  77.     Removed,  126 

Mercies,  68,  103.  Innumera- 
ble, 139.  Everlasting,  136. 
Recorded,  107.  And  judg- 
ment, 9.  And  truth  of  God, 
36,89,  103,  136,  145,  146 

Merit  disclaimed,  16 

Midnight  thoughts,  63,  119,  5th 
and  6th  parrs,  130 

Ministers  ordained,  132 

Miracles  in  the  wilderness,  1 14 

Morning  psalm,  3,  114.  Of  a 
sabbath,  5,  19,  63 

Mortality  of  man,  39,  49,  90. 
And  hope,  89.    God's  eternity 

90,  102 
N 

Nation's  prosperity,  67,   144. 

Blest  and  punished,  107 
National  deliverance,   75,  76, 

124,126.    The  church's  safety 

and  triumph,  46 
Nature  and  scripture,  19,  119, 

7th  part.     Of  man,  139 

O 

Obedience  sincere,  18,  32,  133- 
Better  than  sacrifice,  50 

Old-age,  death,  98.  And  resur- 
rection, 71,  81 

P 

Pardon,  4.  Of  backsliding,  78. 
And  direction,  25.  Prayed  for, 
38.  And  confession,  32.  Of 
original  and  actual  sin,  51. 
Plentiful  with  God,  130 

Patience  under  afflictions,  39. 
Under  persecutions,  37, 44.  In 
darkness,  77,  130,  131 

Peace  and  holiness  encouraged, 
34.  With  men  desired,  120 

Perfections  of  God,  111,  136, 
1 15,  147 

Persecuted  "Saints,  their  prayer 


and  faith,  35,  44,  74,  80,  83 
Persecution,    deliverance    from 

it,  7,  53,  94.     Courage  in  it, 

119,  17th  part 
Persecutors    punished,  7,    75, 

129,    149.    Their    foily,  14. 

Complained    of,  35,  44,   74, 

80,      83.     Delivr-".nce    from 

them,  9,  10,94. 
Perseverance,     138.  In    trials, 

119,  I7thpart. 
Personal  glories  of  Christ,  45. 
Pestilence,  preservation  in  it, 91. 
Piety,   instructions  therein,  34. 
Pity  to  the  afflicted,  41. 
Pleading  without  repining,  39, 

123.  The  promises,  119,  10th 

part. 
Poor,  charity,  15,  37,  41, 112. 
Portion  of  saints  and  sinners, 

11,  17,37. 
Poverty  confessed,  15. 
Power  and  majesty  of  God,  68, 

89,  145.     See  God. 

Practical  atheism,  14,  36,  53, 

Praise  to  God  from  children,  8. 
For  creation  and  providence, 
33,104.  To  our  Creator,  148. 
For  eminent  deliverances,  34, 
118.  General,  86,  145,  150. 
For  the  gospel,  98.  For  health 
restored,  20, 116.  For  hearing 
prayer,  66w#  102.  To  Jesus 
Christ,  45.  From  all  nations, 
117.  And  prayer  public,  65. 
For  protection,  67.  For  provi- 
dence and  grace,  36.  Fortfain, 
95,147.  From  the  saints?! 49, 
150.  Temporal  blessings,  68, 
147.  For  temptations  over- 
come, 18.  In  war,  ibid. 

Prayer  heard,  4,  34,  65,  66.  In 
time  of  war,  20.  And  hope  of 
victory,  20  Praise  public,  65. 
And  hope,  27.  In  church's  dis- 
tress, 80.  Heard  and  Zion  res- 
tored, 102.  And  faith  of  perse- 
cuted saints,  35,  37,  56.  And 
praise  for  deliverance,  34,  38, 
Fervency  in,  119,  I9th  part 

Preserving  grace,  138 

Preservation  in  public  dangers, 
46,91,  112.     Daily,  121 

Pride  and  atheism  punished,  10, 

12.  And  death,  49 
Priesthood  of  Christ,  51, 1  JO 


446 


INDEX. 


Princes  vain,  62,  147 
Profession  of  sincerity,  repent- 
ance, &c.   119,  3d  part,  139. 
False,  50 
Promises  and  threatenings,  81. 

Pleaded,  119,  10th  part. 
Prosperity  dangerous,  55,  73 
Prosperous  sinners,  37,  49,  73 
Protection,  truth  and  grace,  57. 
By  day  and  night,  121 
Providence,  9.     And  creation, 
33,  135,136.     And  grace,  36, 
147.     And  perfections  of  God, 
36.     Its  mystery  unfolded,  73. 
Recorded,  77,  78, 107.    In  air, 
earth,  and  sea,  35,  Qb,  89,  104, 
107, 147 
Prudence  and  zeal,  39 
Psalm  for  soldiers,  18,  60.    For 
old  age,  71.    For  husbandmen, 
65.      For  a  funeral,   89,   90. 
For  the  Lord's  day, 92.  Before 
prayer,  95.     Before  sermon, 
ibid.      For  magistrates,    101. 
For    households,     101.       For 
mariners,   107.     For  gluttons 
and  drunkards,  107.  For  Ame- 
rica, 107. 
Public  Praise  for  private  mer- 
des,  116,  118.     For  deliver- 
ance, 124.     Worship,  absence 
from    it    complained   of,    24. 
Prayer  and  prai*s#,  65,  84 
Punishment  of  sinners,  111,  37. 

And  salvation,  78,  81,  106 
Purposes  holy,  119,15th  part 

Qualifications  of  a  christian,  15, 

24 
Quarrelsome  neighbours,  120 
Quickening  grace, 119,16th  part. 

R 
Rain  from  heaven,  65, 135,  147 
Recovery  from  sickness,  Q,  30, 

116 
Relative  duties,  35,  133 
Religion  and  justice,    15.     In 

words  and  deeds,  37 
Religious  education,  34,  78 
Remembrance  of  former  deliver- 
ances, 77,  143. 
Repentance,  32.    And  prayer  for 
pardon  and  strength,  38.    And 
faith  in  the  blood  of  Christ,  51. 
Reproach  removed,  31,  37. 


Resignation,  39, 123,  I3l. 
Resolutions  holy,  119,  15th  part. 
Restoring  grace,  23,  138 
Resurrection  and  death  of  Christ 
2,  16.     Of  ihe  saints,  16,  17, 
49,71.    And  death*  49,  71,  89 
Reverence  in  worship.  39,  99. 
Revolution,  America,  18. 
Riches,  their  vanity,  49,  144. 
Righteousness  from  Christ,  7 1. 

S 
Sacrifice,  40,  51,  69.    Incarna- 

nation  of  Christ,  40 
Safety,  91.  Triumph  of  the 
church  in  national  desolations, 
46.  In  God,  61. 
&rni*shappy,and  sinners  cursed, 
1,119,  1st  part.  Safety,  12,  46. 
The  best  company,  16.  Char- 
acterised, 15,  24.  And  sinners 
portion,  I,  17.  Dwell  in  hea- 
ven, 15,  24.  Punished  and 
saved,  78,  106.  God's  care  of 
them,  34.  Rewarded  at  last, 
50,  90,  92.  And  sinners  end, 
1,11,37.  Patience,  37.  Chas- 
tised and  sinners  destroyed, 94. 
Die,  but  Christ  lives,  102.  Pu- 
nished and  pardoned,  106, 107. 
Conducted  to  heaven,  106,107. 
Tried  and  preserved,  QQ,  125. 
Afflictions  moderated,  125. — 
Judging  the  world,  149. 
Salvation  of  saints,  10.  And 
triumph,  18.  And  defence  in 
God,  61.  By  Christ,  66,  85. 
Sanctified  afflictions,    94,    119, 

I8th  part. 
Satan  subdued,  3,  Q,  13. 
Scripture    compared  with    the 
book  of  nature  1^,119,  7th  part, 
Instruction  from   it,  119,  4th 
part.     I    light  in  it,  119,  5th 
and  I8th  parts.     Holiness  and 
comfort  from  it,  119,  6th  part. 
Perfections,  119,  7th  part.  Ex- 
cellency,  119,  8th  part.    At- 
tended with  the  Spirit,  119,  9th 
part.     Resting  on  the  word, 
119,  20th  part. 
Seasons  of  the  year,  65,  147 
Secret  devotion,  34,  1 19,  2d  part 
Seeking  God,  27,  63 
Self  examination,  26,  135 
Separate  souls,  heaven,  17 


SJiepherd  of  saints  is  Jesus,  23 
Sheep  strayed,  119,  22d  part 
Sick-bed  devotion,  6,    38,  39, 

116 
Sickness  healed,  6,  36,  1 16 
Signs  of  Christ's  coming1,  12,  96, 

kc 

Sin  of  nature,  14.     Original  and 

actual,  51.     And  chastisement 

of  saints,  78,   106.  Universal 
14 
Sincerity,    19,    26,    22,      139. 

Proved  and  rewarded,  18.  Pro- 

fest,  119,  3d  part 
Sinners  cursed  and  saints  happy, 

1,11,  And  saints  portion,    i, 

17,37,50.  Hatred  and  saints 

patience,  36.    Destroyed,  and 

saints  chastised,   94.    Sins  of 

tongue,  12,34,  50 
Slander,  31,  120 
Souls  in  separate  state,  17,  146 
Spirit  given  at  Christ's  ascen- 
sion, 68.     His  teaching,  51, 

119,  9th  part. 
Spiritual  enemies  overcome,  3- 

18,144.  Blessings,  81.  Mind- 

edness,  119,  2d  part. 
Spouse  of  Christ  is  the  church, 

45. 
Spring  of  the  year,  65.    And 

summer,  65,  104.  And  winter, 

147. 

Siorm  and  thunder,  29,   135, 

143. 
Strength,  prayed  for,  38.  From 

Christ,  71.  Of  grace,  138 
Submission,  123, 131.  To  Christ, 

2.  To  sickness,  39. 
Success  of  the  gospel  19,  110. 
Sufferings  and  death  of  Christ, 

22.    Kingdom  of  Christ,  2.  22, 

69, 110. 
Summer,  65,  and  winter,  147 
Support,  16.  For  the  afflicted, 

55.    Comfort  in  God,  94,  119 

I4th  part 
Surety  and  sacrifice  of  Christ, 
40  T 

Temptations  overcome,  3,   18. 

In  sickness,  6.  Escapes  from 

them,  25     Of  the  devil,  13. 

Support  under  them,  3,  55,  94. 
Tender  conscience,   119,    I3th 

part. 


INDEX.  447 

Thanks  public  for  private  mer- 
cies, 116,  118,  see  Praise 

Threatenings  and  promises,  81 

Thunder  and  storm,  20,135,136, 
148. 

Times  evil,  11,  12. 

Tongue  governed,  34,  39. 

Trial  ofour  graces  byafflictions, 
66,  125.  Of  our  hearts,  26, 
139. 

Triumph  at  the  last  day,  149. 

Trust  in  creatures  vain,  62,  146. 

Truth,  grace  and  protection  57, 
145,146.  Deliverance  by  it, 
U8, 

V 

Vanity  of  man  as  mortal,  39,  89, 
144.  Of  life  and  riches,  40. 

Vengeance,  68.  Against  the  ene- 
mies of  the  church,  76,  149. 

Victory  prayed  for,  20.  Over 
temptations,  6,  18,  144. 

Vineyard  of  God  wasted,  80. 

Unbelief  cured,  37.  Punished, 
95. 

Unchangeable  God,  89,  111. 

Vows  paid,   116.     Of  holiness, 
119,  15th  part. 
W 

Waiting  for  direction,  2r>.  For 

answer  to  prayer,  85,  130  1  i3, 

War,  20.  Disappoinments,  60, 
Victory,  18.  Spiritual,  lb', 
144. 

Warnings  of  God  to  his  people, 


37* 


Watchfulness,  19,  141. 

Weather,  65,  135,  147,148. 

Wickedness  of  ma n ,  1 4 ,  36 ,  5 1 . 

Wisdom  of  God  in  his  works, 
111. 

Works  of  creation  and  provi- 
dence, 104,  147,  148.  And 
grace,19,33,lll, 135,136.  Pro- 
tit  men,  \Q. 

World's  hatred,  37.  . 

Worship  and  order  ofthe  gospel, 
48.  Delight  in  it,  84.  With 
reverence,  89,  99.  Daily,  55, 
134,  141.  In  a  family,  133.— 
Public,  63.  84,  122,  132.  Ab- 
sence from  it,  42,  (j3. 
Z 

Zeal  and  prudence,  39- 

7Jon,  15.  Its  privileges,  132 


AN  INDEX, 

OR 

TABLE  TO  FIND  A  HYMN  SUITED  TO  PAR- 
TICULAR SUBJECTS  OR  OCCASIONS. 


ADAM  how  created, Hymn  3. 
Our  federal  head,  3.  Fallen 
3. 
All  and  in  all,  Christ  is,  12. 
All  men  are  not  saved,  Q. 
Adoption,  13. 
Adultery,  41. 
Amen,  52. 
Anger,  40. 

Baptism,  26.  Improvement  of, 
26.  Is  not  regeneration,  27.  In- 
fan  ,  27.  Instead  of  circumcis- 
ion, 27. 

Believer,  his  death,  16, 

Believer,  death  easy  to  him,  16. 

Blessings  of  providence,  10 

Blessed  who  die  in  the  Lord,  16. 

Blessed  dead,  16. 

Bible,  31. 

Born  again,  3. 

Bread  and  wine,  29. 

Bread,  daily,  50. 

Breathing  after  the  Holy  Spir- 
it, 20. 

Brotherly  love,  40. 

C/im*  is  all  in  all,  12.  The  eter- 
nal son,  13.  Types  fulfilled  in 
him,  6.  His  birth,  14,  88.  Is 
God  with  us,  14.  The  gift  of 
God,  11.  God  and  man,  14. 
His  incarnation,  14.  God  rec- 
onciled in  Christ,  14.  His  offi- 
ces, 12.  Died,  15.  Must  die, 
16.  The  lamb  of  God,  16.  Sus- 
tained the  pains  of  hell,  16. 
His  resurrection,  17,  89.  As- 
cension, 18,  90.  The  Forerun- 
ner, 18.  He  is  present,  18.  Sit- 


teth  at  the  right  hand  of  God, 
19.  Head  of  his  church,  19.  He 
will  come  to  judge  the  world, 
19.  He  cometh,  19.  Commu- 
nion with  him  at  his  table,  28. 
He  was  offered  only  once,  30. 
Love  to  him  desired,  32.  Re- 
generated, united  to  him,  3. 
Our  strength,  33. 

Call,  31. 

Catechism,  I — 52. 

Christian,  his  only  comfort,  I. 
Experience,  1.  Belongs  to 
Christ,  I.  Christian  love,  21, 
Who  are  christians,  12.  May- 
take  a  religious  oath,  37.  Is 
faithful  to  Jesus,  43. 

Church,  21.  Christ  is  the  head, 
19.  Forming  a  church,  100, 
Charity,  115,  222. 

Com/bWonly  in  life  and  death, I. 

Command  the  first, 34.  The  sec- 
ond, 35.  The  third,  36.  The 
fourth,  38.  The  fifth,  39.  The 
sixth,  40.  The  seventh,  41. 
The  eighth,  42.  The  ninth,  43. 
The  tenth,  44. 

Commission,  31. 

Communion  of  saints,  21.  With 
Christ  at  his  table,  28. 

Communicant,  30. 

Come  Lord  Jesus,  147. 

Conversion,  33.   And  faith,  33 
D 

Dead,  resurrection  of  the,  22. 

Death  of  sin,  33. 

Departed  saints  happy,  22. 
E 

Election,  21.  Elected  to  holi- 
ness, 31. 


INDEX. 


449 


Eternal  sabbath,  38. 

Eternity,  78. 

Eternal  life,  79. 

Eternity  and  time,  30. 

Evening  hymn,  94.    Song,  95 
Lord's  day  evening,  98. 

Evil,  deliverance  from  it,  52 

Everlasting  life,  22 

Exhortation  to  prayer,  45 
F 

Faith,  7.  Living,  7.  Strong,  7. 
No  merit  in,  24.  Prayer  of,  45. 
Life  of,  133.  Walk  of,  134. 
Conflict  of,  135.  Trials  of,  136. 
Triumph  of,  137.  Summary  of, 
138. 

Father,  God,  9.  Reliance  on 
him,  46.  Our  Father,  46.  Re- 
joicing in  him,  46 

Fast-day,  105—109 

Federal  head,  Adam, 3.  Fallen,  3 

Forgiveness  of  sins,  21. 

Funeral,  123,  132. 
G 

Ghost,  Holy,  20.  Influences  of, 
20.  Breathing  after,  20 

God,  his  perfections,  4.  Justice, 
4.  Justice  and  mercy  united, 
4.  Triune,  8.  The  Father,  9. 
Preserver,  9 

Good  old  way,  1 

Good  works,  38 

Gospel,  6.  The  power  of  God, 
31.  Prayer  for  its  spread,  48 

Grace  free  victory,  52.  Doth 
not  make  careless,  24 

Gratitude,  22 

H 

Happiness  of  departed  saints, 
22. 

Harvest,  82. 

Him  23. 

Holiness,  elected  to,  32. 
»  Home  in  view,  52. 

Hope  of  heaven,  22. 

Hymns  arranged    agreeably  to 
the  Catechism,  1 — 52.  For  the 
Lord's  supper,  53—75.     Mis- 
cellaneous, 76 — 147 
I 

Jesus  is  God  and  man,  6.  Im- 

,    manuel,6- Jesus,  11.  His  name. 

11.  ThegiftofGod,  11.  The 

only  Saviour,  11.  Love  to  him, 

111.    Our  Lord  and  master,  13. 
Came  to  save  sinners,  14.  Suf- 


fered, 15.  Was  crucified,  15. 

Union  with  him,  23.  The  Lord 

ourrighteousness,22.    Has  the 

key  of  heaven,  31. 
Jews,  prayer  for,  48. 
Infant  baptism,  27. 
Immanuel,  Q. 
Justice  of  God,  4. 
Justification,  23. 
Jubilee.  31. 

K 
Key  of  heaven,  31. 
King,  Jesus  is  King,  13. 
Kingdom  come,  48. 

L 
Law,  2.  Is  spiritual,  2,41.  Con- 
vinces of  sin,  2.  Of  misery,  2. 
Life  everlasting,  22.  Frail,  76. 

Eternal,  79. 
Lord  our  righteousness,  23. 
Lord's  supper,  28.  Adapted  to 

Lord's  supper,  53—75 
Lord's  day,  38.    Morning,  97, 

Evening,  98.  Prayer,  45. 
Love,  christian,  21. 

M 
Magistrates,  honour  them,  39. 
Millennium.  48. 
Ministry,  gospel,  99. 
Minister,  ordination, 102.  Praise 

for  a  gospel  minister,  102. 
Missionaries,  104. 
Moral  law,  34.  Practical  use  of 

it,  44. 
Morning  hymn,  92.    Song,  93^ 

Morning  and  evening,  96 
Mysteries  of  providence,  10 

N 
Necessary,  a  Saviour  is,  5 

Oath,  religious,  christians  may 

take  it,  37 
Obedience^beWevers  cannotyield 

perfect  to  the  law,  44 
Old  way,  good,  I 
Original  sin,  3 

P 
Pardon  sealed,  27 
Perjury,  37 
Perseverance,  52 
Petitions  of  the  Lord's  prayer  s 

first  petition,  47.    Second.  48. 

Third,  49.  Fourth,  50.    Fifth, 

51.  Sixth,  52. 
Pious  parents  anxiety,  39 
Prayer,  35.  Of  faitb,46.  Exbor- 


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INDEX. 


t;ition  to,  45.    Lord's  prayer, 

45 
Prospect  of  the  resurrection,  22 
Providence  wise,  10.  Mysterious, 

10.  The  Lord  will  provide,  19. 

Blessings  of,10.  Submission  to, 

10.  Resignation  to  49 
R 
Redeemer  liveth,  17 
Resignation  to  the  will  of  God, 

49 
Resurrection  of  Christ,  81,  89. 
Of  the  dead,  22.    Prospect  of 

this,  22  S 

Sacraments,  25 
Saints  rest  in  their  graves,  Iq. 

Communion,  21. 
Salvation,  5 

Saviour,  5.  Necessary,  5. 
Seaso?is,8\.  Crownedwith  good- 
ness, 84.  Summer,  82.  Winter, 

83 
Sickness,  113.    Recovery  from, 

114 
Sin,  original,  3.    In  dwelling,  3 


Spirit,  holy  breathing  after,  20 
.Son  of  God,  13.  Sons  of  God,   13 
Song  of  Hannah,  119.  Hezekiah, 

140.  Mary,  In!.  Zacharias,l42. 

The  angels  143.   Simeon,  144. 

Moses  and  the  Lamb,  145.  Of 

the  Redeemed,  146 
Summary  of  faith,  138 

Temptation,  52 
Thanksgiving,  1 10— 112 
Time  short,  71.  and  eternity,  80 
Times  in  God's  hand,  9 
Trinity,  8.  Praise  to,  8 
Triune  God,  8 

V 
Victory  through  grace,  52 
Voice  from  the  tomb,  131 

W 
Way,  good  old,  I 
Walk  of  faith,  134 
Well,  it  is,  10 
Winter,  83 
Worldling,  42 
Worship,  place  of,  101. 


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